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GB2394334B - Accessing and updating a configuration database from distributed physical locations within a process control system - Google Patents

Accessing and updating a configuration database from distributed physical locations within a process control system

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GB2394334B
GB2394334B GB0327861A GB0327861A GB2394334B GB 2394334 B GB2394334 B GB 2394334B GB 0327861 A GB0327861 A GB 0327861A GB 0327861 A GB0327861 A GB 0327861A GB 2394334 B GB2394334 B GB 2394334B
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accessing
updating
control system
process control
physical locations
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Inventor
Mark Nixon
Teresa A Chatkoff
Stephen Gilbert
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Fisher Rosemount Systems Inc
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Fisher Rosemount Systems Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
    • G05B19/00—Programme-control systems
    • G05B19/02—Programme-control systems electric
    • G05B19/418—Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM]
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F15/00—Digital computers in general; Data processing equipment in general
    • G06F15/16—Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs
    • G06F15/177—Initialisation or configuration control
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P90/00—Enabling technologies with a potential contribution to greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions mitigation
    • Y02P90/02—Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]

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  • Automation & Control Theory (AREA)
  • Information Retrieval, Db Structures And Fs Structures Therefor (AREA)
GB0327861A 1999-10-18 2000-10-17 Accessing and updating a configuration database from distributed physical locations within a process control system Expired - Lifetime GB2394334B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US16010499P 1999-10-18 1999-10-18
US09/560,361 US6704737B1 (en) 1999-10-18 2000-04-28 Accessing and updating a configuration database from distributed physical locations within a process control system
GB0025370A GB2363871B (en) 1999-10-18 2000-10-17 Accessing and updating a configuration database from distributed physical locations within a process control system

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GB0327861D0 GB0327861D0 (en) 2004-01-07
GB2394334A GB2394334A (en) 2004-04-21
GB2394334B true GB2394334B (en) 2004-07-21

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Cited By (1)

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US8942870B2 (en) 2005-11-15 2015-01-27 Penny & Giles Controls Limited Control system for a electrical vehicle

Citations (4)

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US4888726A (en) * 1987-04-22 1989-12-19 Allen-Bradley Company. Inc. Distributed processing in a cluster of industrial controls linked by a communications network
US5758071A (en) * 1996-07-12 1998-05-26 Electronic Data Systems Corporation Method and system for tracking the configuration of a computer coupled to a computer network
US5787386A (en) * 1992-02-11 1998-07-28 Xerox Corporation Compact encoding of multi-lingual translation dictionaries
GB2363872A (en) * 1999-10-18 2002-01-09 Fisher Rosemount Systems Inc Accessing and updating a configuration database from distributed physical locations within a process control system

Patent Citations (4)

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US4888726A (en) * 1987-04-22 1989-12-19 Allen-Bradley Company. Inc. Distributed processing in a cluster of industrial controls linked by a communications network
US5787386A (en) * 1992-02-11 1998-07-28 Xerox Corporation Compact encoding of multi-lingual translation dictionaries
US5758071A (en) * 1996-07-12 1998-05-26 Electronic Data Systems Corporation Method and system for tracking the configuration of a computer coupled to a computer network
GB2363872A (en) * 1999-10-18 2002-01-09 Fisher Rosemount Systems Inc Accessing and updating a configuration database from distributed physical locations within a process control system

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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Title
Realtime operating systems for distributed process control systems. James D Sohoeffler,Proceedings of the 6th Triennial World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, Boston and Cambridge, MA, USA. 24-30 Aug 1975. 27.3 pp1-14. *

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8942870B2 (en) 2005-11-15 2015-01-27 Penny & Giles Controls Limited Control system for a electrical vehicle

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