System for defining network behaviors within application programs
First Claim
1. An industrial controller executing a control program to control equipment or machinery in real-time using a communication network, the industrial controller including a programming terminal and a processor executing a stored program to display a graphical interface for programming network communications messages and messaging behavior on the communications network and operating under control of the control program also programmable by means of the interface, said interface comprising:
- a) a message icon representing a communications message on said network, including;
i) a plurality of data element icons representing data elements within said message,ii) a plurality of messaging control icons representing functions for regulating networking behavior, andiii) one or more messaging connector icons;
b) a plurality of control logic icons connected to said data element and control icons representing software control logic within the control program for setting data content and regulating message and associated network behavior.
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Abstract
A graphical interface for programming network communications messages and messaging behavior on a control apparatus that is coupled to a communications network and that is operating under control of an application program. The interface comprises an integrated schematic view of symbols representing communications and including application and messaging control logic including a diagrammatic representation for a network message having icons representing data within said message, icons representing control functions for regulating networking behavior, and one or more messaging connector icons representing interconnections with the network. Control logic icons and symbols may be interconnected may connected to the data and control icons for use in setting data content and regulating messaging and network behavior. Corresponding methods for programming network messages and associated messaging_behavior between control devices are also covered.
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7 Claims
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1. An industrial controller executing a control program to control equipment or machinery in real-time using a communication network, the industrial controller including a programming terminal and a processor executing a stored program to display a graphical interface for programming network communications messages and messaging behavior on the communications network and operating under control of the control program also programmable by means of the interface, said interface comprising:
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a) a message icon representing a communications message on said network, including; i) a plurality of data element icons representing data elements within said message, ii) a plurality of messaging control icons representing functions for regulating networking behavior, and iii) one or more messaging connector icons; b) a plurality of control logic icons connected to said data element and control icons representing software control logic within the control program for setting data content and regulating message and associated network behavior. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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