Inventors:
Fred Sanford - Attleboro MA, US
Robert Bather - Taunton MA, US
Martin Culverhouse - St Thomas VI, US
Walter Sikora - Attleboro MA, US
Melanie Russell - Foxboro MA, US
Peter Martin - Carver MA, US
Robert Hasselbaum - North Attleboro MA, US
Russell Barr - Millis MA, US
Assignee:
Invensys Systems, Inc. - Foxboro MA
International Classification:
G06F 19/00, G05B 13/02
Abstract:
An apparatus for monitoring performance of an industrial process includes a service portal for collecting, transmitting and analyzing parameter data from process field devices that includes a network connection that connects to a process control system of the industrial process, a remote collector that collects parameter data from process field devices, a processor that identifies, sorts, and stores the collected parameter data and a communications module for transmitting the stored parameter data to a remote monitoring station for analysis.