Method for automatic modeling a process control system and corresponding process control system
First Claim
1. A method for automatic modeling a process control system, whereby elements of a user interface are arranged in a tree structure reflecting the topography of the elements in the process control system, whereby each element is assigned to at least one input window having a plurality of attributes for setting and/or monitoring a target apparatus controllable in the process control system, whereby the current arrangement of the tree structure is stored as a project, and a list of all windows opened during the same current operation as well as their attributes are stored as an operating session, to thereby be able to restore the state of the elements when loading the process control system again.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for automatic modeling a process control system in which elements of a user interface are arranged in a tree structure reflecting the topography of the elements in the process control system. Each element is assigned to at least one input window having a plurality of attributes for setting and/or monitoring a target apparatus controllable in the process control system. The current arrangement of the tree structure is stored as a project, and a list of all windows opened during the same current operation as well as their attributes are stored as an operating session, to thereby be able to restore the state of the elements when loading the process control system again. Moreover, the invention relates to a process control system adapted to carry out the above-referenced method.
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- 1. A method for automatic modeling a process control system, whereby elements of a user interface are arranged in a tree structure reflecting the topography of the elements in the process control system, whereby each element is assigned to at least one input window having a plurality of attributes for setting and/or monitoring a target apparatus controllable in the process control system, whereby the current arrangement of the tree structure is stored as a project, and a list of all windows opened during the same current operation as well as their attributes are stored as an operating session, to thereby be able to restore the state of the elements when loading the process control system again.
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14. A method for automatic modeling a process control system comprising at least one target apparatus, whereby elements of a user interface are arranged in a tree structure reflecting the topography of the elements in the process control system, whereby each element is assigned to at least one input window having a plurality of attributes for setting and/or monitoring the target apparatus controllable in the process control system, whereby a handling software stores the current arrangement of the tree structure as a project, a list of all windows opened during the same current operation as well as their attributes as an operating session, and the position and/or the communication status, indicating an online or offline status, respectively, of the user interface of a respective input window, to thereby be able to restore the state of the elements when loading the process control system again.
- 15. A process control system comprising a host PC and at least one target apparatus connected to the host PC via a bus system, whereby the process control system is adapted to be displayed in form of a tree structure on an input window, whereby the tree structure comprises nodes, each node providing at least one input window having a plurality of attributes for setting and/or monitoring a target apparatus assigned thereto, whereby a memory of the process control system is adapted to store the arrangement of the tree structure as a project, and a list of all windows opened during operation as well as their attributes as an operating session being automatically restorable during reloading of the process control system.
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