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15. The method of claim 12, wherein the ReadBack facility
comprises a Fault State Active sub-status code/category con
?gured to include an indication of the undesired condition.
16. The method of claim 12, comprising:
deriving a second indication of a recovered condition if the
state includes a recovered condition, then;
adding the second indication of the recovered condition to
the ReadBack facility; and
communicating the second indication to a control block.
17. The method of claim 12, Wherein the ?eld device is
included in an industrial control system comprising a gas
turbine system, a gasi?cation system, a steam turbine system,
a Wind turbine system, a water turbine system, a power gen
eration system, or any combination thereof.
18. A non-transitory tangible computer-readable medium
storing a plurality of instructions executable by a processor of
an electronic device, the instructions comprising:
instructions to determine a state of a ?eld device;
instructions to derive an indication of an undesired condi
tion if the state includes an undesired condition, then;
instructions to add the indication of the undesired condi
tion to a ReadBack facility; and
instructions to communicate the indication to a control
block.
19. The medium of claim 18, Wherein communicating the
indication comprises using a Foundation Fieldbus communi
cations protocol.
20. The medium of claim 18, Wherein the ReadBack facil
ity comprises a Fault State Active sub-status code/category
con?gured to include an indication of the undesired condi
tion.
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