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System for configuring a process control environment

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  • US 5,838,563 A
  • Filed: 04/12/1996
  • Issued: 11/17/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/12/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for configuring a process control environment, the process control environment including a computer system having a processor coupled to a display device, the method comprising:

  • presenting, on the display device, a stencil view including a stencil object, the stencil object representing a process control module;

    presenting, on the display device, a diagram view, the diagram view representing the process control environment configuration;

    dragging the stencil object from the stencil view to the diagram view;

    dropping the stencil object on the diagram view in a position indicative of a location of the process control module in the process control environment; and

    configuring the process control environment in accordance with the diagram view.

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