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1. A setup, monitor and control apparatus comprising:
a. a plurality of field devices, each of said field devices having (i) a communications and control module (CCM) coupled thereto, and (ii) a sensor for monitoring a condition of the field device, wherein said sensor is adapted to send signals to the CCM and the CCM is adapted to process said signals, wherein the CCM includes a human machine interface (HMI), a processor, a clock, at least one memory module and a first short range radio adapted for two-way communication, and wherein the processor, pursuant to a preselected set of instructions, is adapted to (i) store in said at least one memory module identification and address information concerning the field device and CCM, (ii) store information based on signals received from the at least one sensor and processed by the processor, (iii) retrieve data from memory and transmit such data using the first short range radio, and (iv) receive and process command signals received using the first short range radio; and b. a general purpose, commercially available, off-the-shelf mobile device (GPMD) having a display and a second short range radio adapted for communication with the first short range radio of each CCM attached to said plurality of field devices within the range of the first and second short range radios, said GPMD controlled, at least in part, by an application program, such that the GPMD is adapted to interrogate each CCM in the range of the first and second short range radios to retrieve and display identification information related to each such CCM, selectively send control signals to each such CCM, and on a selective basis interrogate each such CCM to obtain and display information related to the operation of the field device attached to the CCM. |
