US 12,346,229 B2
System and method for automated loop checking
Chetan Prahlada Rao, Bangalore (IN); Nagaraju Maleppagari, Anantappur (IN); Sathesh Venkatachalam, Namakkal (IN); Rahul De, Bangalore (IN); Ananda H, Bangalore (IN); Varun Prabhakar, Bangalore (IN); Dawa Ongpo Pakimo, Bengalore (IN); and Sathya Muthu Mani, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/024,317.
Claims priority of application No. 201911038325 (IN), filed on Sep. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0089417 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 11/26 (2006.01); G01R 31/67 (2020.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); G06F 11/22 (2006.01); G06F 16/953 (2019.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC G06F 11/26 (2013.01) [G01R 31/67 (2020.01); G05B 19/41885 (2013.01); G06F 11/221 (2013.01); G06F 16/953 (2019.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); G05B 2219/42058 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a field terminal block including a terminal block that includes a plurality of terminal sockets connected to a plurality of I/O loops;
a dongle configured to be installed on the field terminal block and configured to make an electrical connection to at least one input/output (I/O) loop;
a mobile hand-held device including an operating software in communication with the dongle and to a database of I/O loop data, wherein:
the operating software is configured to use the database of I/O loop data to construct an I/O loop check file; and
the dongle is configured to download the I/O loop check file, for execution and testing of the at least one I/O loop based on a personality information of each I/O loop of the plurality of I/O loops,
wherein the dongle includes:
an electronics section configured to receive and run the I/O loop check file for each of the plurality of I/O loops; and
a terminal section electrically connected to the electronics section and comprising a plurality of electrical connectors, the terminal section including a plurality of pins arranged to be received by, and make electrical connections to, the plurality of terminal sockets of the terminal block and the plurality of I/O loops, wherein the plurality of electrical connectors engage with other connectors on the electronics section that passes electrical signals between the plurality of pins and the electronic section of the dongle; and
a holder for retaining the dongle to the terminal block, the holder having first hooks and a movable clip arm having second hooks, wherein the dongle is retained to the terminal block by engaging the first hooks of the holder to a first edge of the terminal block and moving the clip arm to allow the second hooks to grab a second edge of terminal block, wherein the terminal section of the dongle is configured to be arranged between the holder and the terminal block, and wherein the holder is configured to be arranged between the terminal section of the dongle and the electronic section of the dongle.