Apparatus and method for configuring and editing a control system with live data
First Claim
1. Apparatus for configuring a control system, comprisingA. an editor that facilitates configuration of a control system and/or a system controlled thereby, the editor being coupled to the control system for at least receiving data therefrom,B. the editor displaying at least a portion of said configuration and including, in such display, one or more representations of entities in the control system and/or the system controlled thereby,C. the editor displaying, with one or more representations, process data received from the control system with respect to corresponding characteristics of the entities represented by those representations.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurations represented by them are maintained, thereby, for example, providing bases for determining current states, prior states and histories of changes. Objects in the model have characteristics, such as an object type characteristic and an area characteristic. Users can have corresponding permissions. A security mechanism apparatus controls access by users to the objects. Composite objects are defined by definition objects and are displayed in encapsulated or expanded formats. Objects can include an edit control type identifier that determines how they are presented for editing. Functionality responds to user commands by transferring characteristics of a first object depicted by the graphical user interface to a second object. Configuration-time formulas contained objects are evaluated to constants prior to downloading to the control system.
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1. Apparatus for configuring a control system, comprising
A. an editor that facilitates configuration of a control system and/or a system controlled thereby, the editor being coupled to the control system for at least receiving data therefrom, B. the editor displaying at least a portion of said configuration and including, in such display, one or more representations of entities in the control system and/or the system controlled thereby, C. the editor displaying, with one or more representations, process data received from the control system with respect to corresponding characteristics of the entities represented by those representations.
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10. Apparatus for configuring a control system, comprising
A. a plurality of objects representing one or more entities in any of the control system and a system controlled thereby, B. an editor that facilitates configuration of the control system and/or the system controlled thereby, C. the editor displaying at least a portion of said configuration and including, in such display, one or more representations of objects comprising that portion of the configuration, D. at least one of the objects that is represented by a said displayed representation being coupled to the control system for at least receiving process data therefrom, E. the editor displaying, with one or more representations, process data received by the corresponding objects from the control system with respect to characteristics of the entities represented by those objects.
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24. A method of operating an editor that facilitates configuration of a control system and/or a system controlled thereby, comprising
A. displaying at least a portion of said configuration and including, in such display, one or more representations of entities in the control system and/or the system controlled thereby, B. displaying, with one or more representations, process data received from the control system with respect to corresponding characteristics of the entities represented by those representations.
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