Systems and methods of extracting, storing, and serving device definition file information

摘要

In one embodiment, an industrial process control system (10) includes a processor (74, 84) configured to translate (142) a device definition (DD) file (103), extract (104) device information for a field device (38, 40, 42, 44) from the DD file (103), and convert (144) the device information into a first format. The process control system (10) also includes a configuration server (30) configured to receive the device information in the first format from the processor, store (108) the device information in a memory (72, 82), and respond (172) to queries for the device information in the memory (72, 82).