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1. Apparatus for determining operation compatibility of a first field device and a second field device, the second field device being a candidate for replacing the first field device in an industrial process, and the first and second field devices configured to communicate using the same communications protocol, the apparatus comprising:
a processor; and a memory containing instructions which, when executed under control of the processor, control the apparatus to: retrieve data relating to the first field device and data relating to the second field device, the data including at least one of a device tag, a device ID, a device address, a communication type, a vendor, a model, a device revision, and a device class; perform a compatibility check based on the data relating to the first and second field devices to determine whether the second field device is compatible as a replacement for the first field device in the industrial process, with at least one of the first field device and the second field device not being in operation; and generate, for display on a display, a result of the compatibility check. |
