Object-oriented computer program, system, and method for developing control schemes for facilities
First Claim
1. An object-oriented development system for developing control schemes for facilities, the development system utilizing a graphical user interface environment, the system comprising:
- device diagramming means for describing a physical description of a facility and a logical definition of a control scheme for the facility, the device diagramming means including,means for selecting device symbols representative of equipment or control functions used in facilities, the device symbols being selected from an object-oriented repository containing a plurality of device symbols and device objects, and wherein certain types of device symbols relate to device objects containing logical instructions and configuration information relating to the represented equipment or control functions, andmeans for interrelating in a graphical manner the selected device symbols and their corresponding device objects into one or more device diagrams, each of the device diagrams representing both the physical description of the facility or a portion of the facility and the logical definition of the control scheme for the facility or the portion of the facility; and
device logic developing means for defining the logical instructions of the device objects relating to the equipment or control functions;
wherein the development system integrates in a graphical format the physical description of the facility with the logical instructions which define the control scheme for the facility, and wherein the logical instructions unify configuration of analog/regulatory control with configuration of discrete/sequential/interlocking control.
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Abstract
An object-oriented development system for developing control schemes for facilities includes a device diagramming component for describing a physical description of a facility and a logical definition of a control scheme for the facility. The device diagramming component includes a mode for selecting device symbols representative of equipment or control functions used in facilities. The device symbols are selected from an object-oriented repository containing a plurality of device symbols and device objects. Certain types of device symbols relate to device objects containing logical instructions and configuration information relating to the represented equipment or control functions. The device diagramming component also includes a mode for interrelating in a graphical manner the selected device symbols and their corresponding device objects into a device diagram representing the physical description of the facility and the logical definition of the control scheme for the facility. A device logic developing component defines the logical instructions of the device objects relating to the equipment or control functions. Thus, the development system integrates in a graphical format the physical description of the facility with the logical instructions which define the control scheme for the facility. These logical instructions unify the configuration of analog/regulatory control with the configuration of discrete/sequential/interlocking control.
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1. An object-oriented development system for developing control schemes for facilities, the development system utilizing a graphical user interface environment, the system comprising:
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device diagramming means for describing a physical description of a facility and a logical definition of a control scheme for the facility, the device diagramming means including, means for selecting device symbols representative of equipment or control functions used in facilities, the device symbols being selected from an object-oriented repository containing a plurality of device symbols and device objects, and wherein certain types of device symbols relate to device objects containing logical instructions and configuration information relating to the represented equipment or control functions, and means for interrelating in a graphical manner the selected device symbols and their corresponding device objects into one or more device diagrams, each of the device diagrams representing both the physical description of the facility or a portion of the facility and the logical definition of the control scheme for the facility or the portion of the facility; and device logic developing means for defining the logical instructions of the device objects relating to the equipment or control functions; wherein the development system integrates in a graphical format the physical description of the facility with the logical instructions which define the control scheme for the facility, and wherein the logical instructions unify configuration of analog/regulatory control with configuration of discrete/sequential/interlocking control. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. Method for developing an object-oriented user-configurable control scheme for facilities in a graphical user interface environment, the method comprising:
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selecting device symbols from an object-oriented repository containing a plurality of device symbols and device objects which represent equipment or control functions used in facilities, wherein certain types of device symbols relate to device objects containing logical instructions and configuration information relating to the represented equipment or control functions, and interrelating in a graphical manner the selected device symbols and their corresponding device objects into one or more device diagrams, each of the device diagrams representing both a physical description of the facility or a portion of the facility and a logical definition of the control scheme for the facility or the portion of the facility, wherein the physical description of the facility is integrated in a single control system with the definition of the logical instructions which comprise the control scheme in a graphical format, the logical instructions unifying configuration of analog/regulatory control with configuration of discrete/sequential/interlocking control. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. An object-oriented development system for developing control schemes for facilities, the system comprising;
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diagramming means for graphically producing one or more device diagrams, each of the device diagrams interrelating a plurality of device objects to provide in a graphical format a physical description of a facility or a portion of the facility integrated with a logical definition of a control scheme for the facility or the portion of the facility, the device objects relating to equipment or control functions used in facilities and including control information relating to control of the equipment or control functions, and means for defining, creating, and modifying the control information of the device objects; wherein the logical definition of the control scheme unifies configuration of analog/regulatory control with configuration of discrete/sequential/interlocking control. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. In a development system for developing control schemes for facilities, the development system operating in a graphical user interface environment, an object-oriented development tool comprising:
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a plurality of device objects relating to equipment or control functions used in facilities, the device objects including physical representations of the equipment or control functions and logical instructions and configuration information relating to the equipment or control functions, the device objects organizing said representations, instructions and information in a consolidated manner to provide unification of the information which defines control for the equipment or control functions; and diagramming means for graphically producing one or more device diagrams, each of the device diagrams interrelating a plurality of the device objects to provide in a graphical format a physical description of a facility or a portion of the facility integrated with a logical definition of a control scheme for the facility or the portion of the facility, wherein the logical definition of the control scheme unifies configuration of analog/regulatory control with configuration of discrete/sequential/interlocking control. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An object-oriented computer program stored on a computer-readable memory device for directing operation of a computer for developing graphical user interface control schemes for a facility, the computer program comprising:
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device diagram creating means for creating one or more device diagrams, each of the device diagrams representing both a physical description of the facility or a portion of the facility and a logical control scheme for the facility or the portion of the facility, the device diagram creating means including means for selecting a plurality of device symbols each representative of a piece of equipment or a control function used in the facility from an object-oriented repository containing a plurality of device symbols that relate to device objects containing logical instructions and configuration information for the represented equipment or control functions, and means for graphically interrelating the selected device symbols and their corresponding device objects on each of the device diagrams; and device logic developing means for defining the logical instructions of the device objects for the device symbols for integrating in each of the device diagrams both the physical description of the facility or the portion of the facility and the logical control scheme for the facility or the portion of the facility. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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