APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED VIEWING AND CONTROL OF FIELD DEVICES THROUGH CUSTOM GROUPS AND ACTIONS IN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- generating a graphical display associated with an industrial process control system having multiple field devices, the graphical display including a custom group of field devices, the custom group comprising a user-defined subset of the field devices;
presenting the graphical display;
receiving a request to perform an action associated with the custom group; and
initiating performance of the action for at least some of the field devices in the custom group.
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Abstract
A method includes generating a graphical display associated with an industrial process control system having multiple field devices. The graphical display includes a custom group of field devices, where the custom group includes a user-defined subset of the field devices. The method also includes presenting the graphical display. The method further includes receiving a request to perform an action associated with the custom group. In addition, the method includes initiating performance of the action for each field device in the custom group. The action could include a user-defined custom action, and the method could further include defining the custom action based on user input. The graphical display could include multiple custom groups of field devices and, for each custom group, identify a status of each field device in the custom group. Each custom group could identify critical field devices associated with a different functional unit in an industrial facility.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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generating a graphical display associated with an industrial process control system having multiple field devices, the graphical display including a custom group of field devices, the custom group comprising a user-defined subset of the field devices; presenting the graphical display; receiving a request to perform an action associated with the custom group; and initiating performance of the action for at least some of the field devices in the custom group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one memory configured to store an identification of a custom group of field devices, the custom group comprising a user-defined subset of field devices in an industrial process control system; and at least one processing device configured to; generate a graphical display for presentation, the graphical display including the custom group of field devices; receive a request to perform an action associated with the custom group; and initiate performance of the action for at least some of the field devices in the custom group. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a computer program, the computer program comprising computer readable program code for:
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generating a graphical display associated with an industrial process control system having multiple field devices, the graphical display including a custom group of field devices, the custom group comprising a user-defined subset of the field devices; presenting the graphical display; receiving a request to perform an action associated with the custom group; and initiating performance of the action for at least some of the field devices in the custom group. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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