Safety versus availability graphical user interface
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1. An industrial automation system that visualizes availability and safety levels, comprising:
- an optimization component that generates a voting configuration that provides an optimized combination of a safety level and an availability level based upon available redundancy, the optimization component evaluates the safety level by summing probabilities of failure associated with each device; and
a graphical user interface that presents a visualization of the safety level and the availability level, the graphical user interface displays a graph that depicts the availability level of a safety function against the safety level by employing a movable marker that indicates the availability level.
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Abstract
The claimed subject matter provides industrial automation systems and/or methods that visualize availability and safety levels. An optimization component can generate a voting configuration that provides an optimized combination of a safety level and an availability level based upon available redundancy. Additionally, a graphical user interface can present a visualization of the safety level and the availability level.
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32 Claims
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1. An industrial automation system that visualizes availability and safety levels, comprising:
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an optimization component that generates a voting configuration that provides an optimized combination of a safety level and an availability level based upon available redundancy, the optimization component evaluates the safety level by summing probabilities of failure associated with each device; and a graphical user interface that presents a visualization of the safety level and the availability level, the graphical user interface displays a graph that depicts the availability level of a safety function against the safety level by employing a movable marker that indicates the availability level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method that facilitates visualizing an optimized utilization of redundancy in an industrial automation environment, comprising:
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determining an optimized combination of a safety level and an availability level based at least in part upon an amount of available redundancy, wherein the safety level is evaluated by summing probabilities of failures with each device; and displaying a visualization comprising a graph that employs a movable marker and announces the safety level and the availability level related to the optimized combination. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system that depicts availability and safety related to an industrial automation environment, comprising:
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means for evaluating safety level by summing probabilities of failure associated with each device; means for optimizing an allocation of an amount of available redundancy to provide a balance between safety and availability; and means for displaying the optimized allocation by graphically representing a safety level and an availability level and by employing a movable marker that indicates the availability level.
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