Abstract: For providing a set of services relating to a semantic model of an infrastructure including assets belonging to different engineering domains, an application server: retrieves, for each engineering domain, asset identifiers respectively associated with assets of the engineering domain and with sets of attributes and for determining asset relationships between the asset identifiers; builds, for each engineering domain, an engineering domain model including assets identifiers that are linked between them based on the asset relationships; determines at least one asset identifier that belongs or is connected to at least two different engineering domain models and linking the at least two different engineering domain models via the at least one asset identifier to build a semantic model of the infrastructure; and provides a set of services for the semantic model of the infrastructure, the services using sets of attributes associated with asset identifiers that belong to different engineering domain models.

Abstract: A method and user interfaces are described herein installing a field device as a replacement for a previously installed field device of a same type in a process control system. The disclosed method includes initially specifying a device type commissioning definition that includes a set of device-type specific parameters. A first set of instance-specific configuration parameter values are then stored for a first field device. When replacing the first field device by a second field device of the same type on a process control network, the commissioning definition and the previously stored parameters for the first device are used to automatically configure the second device.

Abstract: A customization tool is described in association with a universal device type manager (DTM) utility. The customization tool includes a set of user interfaces and associated functionality that facilitates creating a set of customized templates for a particular device type. The customized templates define access to device data via graphical user interfaces supported by the universal DTM utility and/or universal BTM utility for instances of the device type.

Abstract: A device management utility is described that includes a generalized graphical user interface facilitating access to a variety of resources associated with selected device types. In particular, the utility includes information interfaces communicatively linking the utility of a variety of data sources. In addition, the utility includes a graphical user interface display providing a variety of information associated with a selected device type. Such information includes device identification information, links to supplemental resources, and a set of screen selection controls for exposing multiple functional modes of operation of the device management utility.

Abstract: A compare tool for use in a process control system device configuration environment is described herein. The compare tool, including a graphical user interface for providing comparison results, is utilized in a device configuration environment to compare parameter values from an instance of a field device to corresponding values maintained within an application database. After performing the comparison the utility displays the results on a user interface. More particularly the parameter names and associated values are presented in three columns of the user interface. A first column identifies a parameter within the field device. A second column identifies a previously archived value for the parameter identified in the first column, and a third column identifies a current value, captured from a device instance, corresponding to the parameter identified in the first column.

Abstract: A universal device type manager (DTM) utility is described herein including a generalized architecture facilitating defining and generating user interfaces associated with a variety of field device types. The utility includes a device description data store interface that provides access to a device description store wherein standard device descriptions (DD files) for a variety of field device types are maintained. No specialized customization is done to the device descriptions by the device or tool vendors. A device type template store interface provides access to a set of device type manager definitions. A device type manager engine renders, on-demand, a device type manager user interface providing user access to parameters and other information for a field device type/instance based upon: (1) a device description and (2) a device type manager definition.