Patent 9509566 was granted and assigned to Yokogawa Electric on November, 2016 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention relates to a primary apparatus for generating an output for use with a secondary apparatus, both apparatuses having a first configuration and second configuration respectively. A configuration validator determines if the first and second configurations are compatible with each other. A conflict module determines conflict between the first configuration and the second configuration. A corresponding system, software and method are also disclosed.