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Control systems and methods with versioning

  • US 8,229,579 B2
  • Filed: 11/05/2008
  • Issued: 07/24/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/17/1999
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Apparatus for configuring a control system, comprising:

  • a first model representing a first configuration of at least one of the control system and a system controlled thereby, anda second model representing a second configuration of at least one of the same control system and the same system controlled thereby,wherein the second model is a copy of the first model that has been modified independently of the first model,wherein the second model is further modified on a computer separate from a computer on which the first model resides, comprising a record of modifications to the second model, wherein the record can be played against the first model in connection with merging the first and second models,a third model representing a third configuration of at least one of the same control system and the same system controlled thereby,the third model representing a merge of the first and second models.

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