Modular monitoring, control and device management for use with process control systems

摘要

Disclosed herein are methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture that provide modular monitoring, control and device management in a process control system. According to one example a method of replacing a first field device of a process control system with a second field device, wherein the first field device includes a removable data storage device includes extracting the removable storage device from the first field device, removing the first field device from the process control system, installing the second field device into the process control system; and installing the removable data storage device into the second field device.