Configuration data bank system with access and update from separate locations within a process control system e.g. for chemical and crude-oil processing

摘要

Configuration data banks, as used for the purpose of carrying out a configuration routine for a process control system containing a process control device having at least one host device or operating/servicing work station and several equipment devices, such as valves, valve positioners etc for controlling the operational sequence of the process, are accessed and updated from various locations within the process control system, and are used to store the configuration data which belongs to a particular process control system. A communication network is used to place the number of geographically separate locations in communication with one another and the configuration application is designed so that it communicates with each of the data banks via the communication network and uses data from two or more of the configuration banks so as to carry out a configuration activity,