The present invention relates generally to process control systems and, more specifically, to an intelligent linking device and method for interfacing smart field devices that use {HEAD ~ a standard communication protocol} to a process control system which may not use {TAIL ~ that communication protocol} 
The present invention relates generally to process control systems and , more specifically , to an intelligent linking device and method for interfacing smart field devices that use { HEAD ~ a standard communication protocol } to a process control system which may not use { TAIL ~ that communication protocol }
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