DYNAMIC WIZARD EXECUTION

• US 20140365020A1
• Filed: 06/05/2013
• Published: 12/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE Company, LLC (Baker Hughes Company)
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Brusilovsky, Mikhail
• Granted Patent: US 9,244,453 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/282
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/0426 Programming the control sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23128 Switch from one kind of display to other when parameter is changed
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23165 Display of parameter plus permissable, allowable range

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions is configured to provide a configuration wizard. The configuration wizard is configured to display, via a single screen, a first input-receiving control configured to receive a user input and a second input-receiving control configured to receive the user input. The configuration wizard is also configured to display a display area configured to display a first parameter value associated with a device. The first input-receiving control is displayed as active and the second input-receiving control is displayed as inactive. The second input-receiving control is displayed as active based on a first dependency.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions configured to:

provide a configuration wizard, the configuration wizard configured to display, via a single screen;

a first input-receiving control configured to receive a user input;

a second input-receiving control configured to receive the user input;

a display area configured to display a first parameter value associated with a device, wherein the first input-receiving control is displayed as active and the second input-receiving control is displayed as inactive, and the second input-receiving control is displayed as active based on a first dependency.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the display area is configured to display a second parameter value associated with the device and not to display the first parameter value based on a second dependency.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein the first or the second dependency comprises a configuration state, a display state, a state machine state, a device state, a user privilege, or a combination thereof.

4. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, comprising a finite state machine having at least a first and a second state, wherein the wizard executes the finite state machine to display a first visual screen representation associated with the first state and a second visual screen representation associated with the second state in the single screen.

5. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 4, wherein each state in the finite state machine comprises a dependency list, and wherein the display area is configured to display a second parameter value associated with the device in a second control and not to display the first control based on the dependency list included in a current state of the finite state machine.

6. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the device comprises a field device configured to sense a machinery condition, to actuate a machinery, or a combination thereof, and wherein the first parameter value comprises configuration parameters, data monitoring operations, test operations, calibration operations, log operations, or a combination thereof, for adjusting the field device.

7. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 6, wherein the field device comprises a flow meter configured to sense a liquid or gas flow.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the first input-receiving control comprises a button, a checkbox, a listbox, a combobox, a dropdown menu, a textbox, a radio button, or a combination thereof.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the wizard is configured to always display in the single screen all controls and information used in adjusting the device.

10. A method, comprising:

providing a configuration wizard, the configuration wizard configured to display via a single screen;

a first input-receiving control configured to receive a user input;

a second input-receiving control configured to receive the user input;

a display area configured to display a first parameter value associated with a device, wherein the first input-receiving control is displayed as active and the second input-receiving control is displayed as inactive, and the second input receiving control is displayed as active based on a first dependency.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the display area is configured to display a second parameter value associated with the device and not to display the first parameter value based on a second dependency.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first or the second dependency comprises a configuration state, a display state, a state machine state, a device state, a user privilege, or a combination thereof.

13. The method of claim 10, comprising navigating a finite state machine having at least a first and a second state, wherein the wizard executes the finite state machine to display a first visual screen representation associated with the first state and a second visual screen representation associated with the second state in the single screen.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein each state in the finite state machine comprises a dependency list, and wherein the display area is configured to display a second parameter value associated with the device in a second control and not to display the first control based on the dependency list included in a current state of the finite state machine.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the device comprises a field device configured to sense a machinery condition, to actuate a machinery, or a combination thereof, and wherein the first parameter value comprises configuration parameters, data monitoring operations, test operations, calibration operations, log operations, or a combination thereof, for adjusting the field device.

16. The method of claim 10, comprising deriving a color based on a user account associated with the field device, and displaying the second color on a device

17. A system, comprising:

a processor configured to;

display a configuration wizard configured to configure a device, the configuration wizard comprising;

a first input-receiving control configured to receive a user input;

a second input-receiving control configured to receive the user input;

a single display screen configured to display the first and second input-receiving controls and comprising;

a display area configured to display a first parameter value associated with a device, wherein the first input-receiving control is displayed as active and the second input-receiving control is displayed as inactive, and the second input-receiving control is displayed as active based on a first dependency.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the display area is configured to display a second parameter value associated with the device and not to display the first parameter value based on a second dependency.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the first or the second dependency comprises a configuration state, a display state, a state machine state, a device state, a user privilege, or a combination thereof.

20. The system of claim 17, comprising a finite state machine having at least a first and a second state, wherein the wizard executes the finite state machine to display a first visual screen representation associated with the first state and a second visual screen representation associated with the second state in the single screen.