METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE PROCESS PLANT ALARMS
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving a process plant control system configuration parameter, the process plant control system configuration parameter representing a selected state of a process plant;
performing a first query in an alarm definition data structure based on the process plant control system configuration parameter to obtain an alarm configuration parameter for a process plant alarm module of a process plant controller; and
configuring a state of the process plant alarm module based on the obtained alarm configuration parameter.
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Abstract
Example methods and apparatus to manage process plant alarms are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a process plant control system configuration parameter, the process plant control system configuration parameter representing a selected state of a process plant, performing a first query in an alarm definition data structure based on the process plant control system configuration parameter to obtain an alarm configuration parameter for a process plant alarm module of a process plant controller, and configuring a state of the process plant alarm module based on the obtained alarm configuration parameter.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a process plant control system configuration parameter, the process plant control system configuration parameter representing a selected state of a process plant; performing a first query in an alarm definition data structure based on the process plant control system configuration parameter to obtain an alarm configuration parameter for a process plant alarm module of a process plant controller; and configuring a state of the process plant alarm module based on the obtained alarm configuration parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A tangible article of manufacture storing machine readable instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to:
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receive a process plant control system configuration parameter, the process plant control system configuration parameter representing a selected state of a process plant; perform a first query in an alarm definition data structure based on the process plant control system configuration parameter to obtain an alarm configuration parameter for a process plant alarm module of a process plant controller; and configure a state of the process plant alarm module based on the obtained alarm configuration parameter. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus comprising:
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a tangible machine accessible memory; an alarm behavior rules data structure stored on the machine accessible memory, the alarm behavior rules data structure defining, for a process plant alarm module of a process plant controller, a plurality of alarm configuration parameters for respective ones of a plurality of process plant control system configuration parameters; and an alarm manager to receive a variable representative of a selected state of a process plant, to obtain an alarm configuration parameter from the alarm behavior rules data structure based on the received variable, and to configure the process plant alarm module based on the obtained alarm configuration parameter. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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