Process control configuration system with connection validation and configuration
First Claim
1. Apparatus for configuring a process control system, the apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of objects, each object representing an entity, and each object being associated with an object type, at least one object (“
connection”
object) identifying permissible combinations of object types that can form any of a parent/child relationship, a source/sink relationship, and other relationship, the apparatus validating a potential relationship between objects by comparing the object types with which they are associated with permissible relationships identified by the connection object.
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Abstract
Connection objects or other such data structures facilitate establishing and configuring connections between objects that model components in a process control system. A first set of data structures (e.g., the object connection type structures) identify valid types for component-to-component pairings and the respective roles of each component in the pairing (e.g., parent or child, source or sink). A second set of data structures (e.g., the parameter connection type structures) supply similar information for parameter-to-parameter connections. Together, these data structures can be used, for example, to validate component-to-component connections suggested by the user and to automatically configure parameter-to-parameter connections. Actual connections, both at the component or parameter level, are reflected using parameter overrides within the parameterized object model with which the connection objects are constructed.
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21 Claims
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1. Apparatus for configuring a process control system, the apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of objects, each object representing an entity, and each object being associated with an object type, at least one object (“
connection”
object) identifying permissible combinations of object types that can form any of a parent/child relationship, a source/sink relationship, and other relationship,the apparatus validating a potential relationship between objects by comparing the object types with which they are associated with permissible relationships identified by the connection object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. Apparatus for configuring a process control system, the apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of objects, each object representing an entity, and each object being associated with an object type, at least one object (“
connection”
object) identifying permissible combinations of object types that can form any of a parent/child relationship, a source/sink relationship, and other relationship,the apparatus at least initially validating a potential relationship between objects by comparing the object types with which they are associated with permissible relationships identified by the connection object, the connection object identifying validated relationships established between objects. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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