摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To disclose a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for collecting process control data. <P>SOLUTION: An example method for collecting process control data includes: registering an electronic device description describing a parameter to be measured and a measurement sampling rate; measuring the parameter based on the measurement sampling rate; storing data representative of the measured parameter in a data structure; and transferring data in the data structure to a first process control device via a process control network in response to at least one of a request for the data, a condition associated with the data, or an event associated with the data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |