US 12,010,736 B2
Smart wireless adapter
Mark V. Bertolina, Milton, MA (US); Richard P. Casimiro, North Kingstown, RI (US); Patrick Cupo, Scottsdale, AZ (US); and Lee Matthew Carrara, Canton, MA (US)
Assigned to Schneider Electric Systems USA, Inc., Foxboro (MA)
Filed by Schneider Electric Systems USA, Inc., Foxboro, MA (US)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/125,396.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/951,787, filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0195660 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 76/10 (2018.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); H04L 67/141 (2022.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/10 (2018.02) [G05B 19/41855 (2013.01); H04L 67/141 (2013.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31162 (2013.01); G05B 2219/32406 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/43 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of establishing communication between a Pneumatic or Analog measurement device and a measurement control and data acquisition system in an industrial system, the method comprising:
providing a Pneumatic or Analog measurement device, the Pneumatic or Analog measurement device configured to measure one or more parameters in the industrial system and provide a value or signal indicative of the measured parameters at an output of the Pneumatic or Analog measurement device; and
providing a Smart Wireless Adapter capable of electrically and mechanically coupling to the Pneumatic or Analog measurement device, the Smart Wireless Adapter coupled to receive the value or signal from the Pneumatic or Analog measurement device and configured to wirelessly transmit data indicative of the value or signal to the measurement control and data acquisition system;
wherein the data indicative of the value or signal is converted into a data form in accordance with one or more preferred modes of communication of the measurement control and data acquisition system, the one or more preferred modes of communication including one or more wireless communication protocols;
wherein at least a portion of the preferred modes of communication are communicated from the measurement control and data acquisition system to the Smart Wireless Adapter; and
wherein the preferred modes of communication include a plurality of preferred modes of communication, the Smart Wireless Adapter converting a digital signal associated with the value or signal from the Pneumatic or Analog measurement device based at least in part upon the one or more preferred modes of communication, and further wherein the wirelessly transmitted data indicative of the value or signal includes the converted digital signal.