Intelligent device-configurable icons
AssigneeRockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
InventorWayne R. Davis
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing an icon for display by a user interface from an automation device that the icon depicts. Specifically, present embodiments are directed to methods and systems capable of detecting, with processing circuitry of an automation device, a shell program on a workstation via an automation control network. Further, embodiments are capable of providing icon configuration data to the shell program from the automation device, wherein the configuration data controls characteristics of an icon representative of the automation device for display in a visualization of the workstation.
Claims25
A motor drive system, comprising:
- power circuitry comprising a power inverter configured to provide three-phase electrical power to drive an electric motor;
- motor drive control circuitry configured to provide control signals for controlling operation of the power circuitry;
- memory circuitry storing parameter data utilized by the control circuitry, in operation, for controlling the power circuitry and thereby the electric motor;
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- a user interface stored in the memory circuitry and comprising an executable program that, in operation, is served to a remote system in communication with the motor drive system via a network, wherein the remote system requires the executable program to interact with the motor drive system and wherein the executable program, when instantiated by the remote system, allows access to the parameter data.
A motor drive system, comprising:
- power circuitry comprising a power inverter configured to provide three-phase electrical power to drive an electric motor;
- motor drive control circuitry configured to provide control signals for controlling operation of the power circuitry;
- memory circuitry storing parameter data utilized by the control circuitry, in operation, for controlling the power circuitry and thereby the electric motor;
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- a server stored in the memory circuitry and comprising a visualization that provides a configurable icon representative of the motor drive system and that, when presented by the server to a remote system in communication with the motor drive system via a network, and when selected by a user via the remote system, causes transfer and execution of an executable program stored on the motor drive system to interact with the motor drive system and to access to the parameter data.
A motor drive system, comprising:
- power circuitry comprising a power inverter configured to provide three-phase electrical power to drive an electric motor;
- motor drive control circuitry configured to provide control signals for controlling operation of the power circuitry;
- memory circuitry storing parameter data utilized by the control circuitry, in operation, for controlling the power circuitry and thereby the electric motor;
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- a server stored in the memory circuitry and comprising a visualization that provides visual representations of executable programs stored in the memory circuitry and that, when presented by the server to a remote system in communication with the motor drive system via a network, and when selected by a user via the remote system, cause transfer and execution of the executable programs to interact with the motor drive system and to access to the parameter data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.