Virtual switch enabling communication between external objects and simulation objects

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9866501
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14587195

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Enabling communication between real and simulated elements of a process control system. Software instructions stored in a memory device are executed by a processor to represent a virtual switch. The virtual switch connects to a real element of a process control system and to a simulated element of a process control system. The virtual switch receives communication from the real element intended for the simulated element and forwards the communication to the proper simulated element. The virtual switch receives communication from the simulated element intended for the real element and forwards the communication to the proper real element.

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SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SYSTEMS USA INC70 MECHANIC STREET FOXBOROUGH MA 02035

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Beller, Leonard Newport Center, US 1 1
Kimber, Kevin David South Gloucestershire, GB 2 12
Knox-Davies, Llewellyn John Rancho Santa Margarita, US 2 94
Richardson, Randall Lake Forest, US 2 10

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