On-line plant operating procedure guidance system
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1. A method of displaying data related to a procedure for operating a complex facility, comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving equipment data indicating operational status of equipment in the complex facility;
(b) displaying text corresponding to a portion of the procedure for operating the complex facility; and
(c) displaying, simultaneously with the text in step (b), the equipment data received in step (a) and having a fixed relationship to the portion of the procedure.
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Abstract
A method of displaying data corresponding to a procedure is provided where all of the data required to follow the procedure is displayed together with abbreviated text corresponding to the procedure. Text and data corresponding to only a portion of the procedure is displayed at any given time. Additional information related to several consecutive steps of the procedure which appear on separate screens is displayed continuously to one side of the screen. Additional data may be selected to displayed prior to returning to the original screen.
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1. A method of displaying data related to a procedure for operating a complex facility, comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving equipment data indicating operational status of equipment in the complex facility; (b) displaying text corresponding to a portion of the procedure for operating the complex facility; and (c) displaying, simultaneously with the text in step (b), the equipment data received in step (a) and having a fixed relationship to the portion of the procedure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for displaying data related to a procedure for operating a complex facility, comprising:
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data acquisition means for receiving equipment data indicating operational status of equipment in the complex facility; and display means for displaying text corresponding to a portion of the procedure for operating the complex facility and for simultaneously displaying the equipment data received by said data acquisition means and having a fixed relationship to the portion of the procedure regardless of whether the complex facility is operating in a critical range. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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