Methods and apparatus to implement flexible bioreactor control systems

A method for configuring a bioreactor control system comprising:

• determining, via a processor of an apparatus for configuring the bioreactor control system, whether a map value included in a process task object stored in a memory device of the apparatus for configuring the bioreactor control system is a valid map value, the process task object corresponding to a task executed by a first process control device of the bioreactor control system, the first process control device having an input mapped to an output of a second process control device of the bioreactor control system, and the map value identifying a source location for an input value of the process task object, the input value defined by a third process control device of the bioreactor control system;
• responsive to determining the map value is a valid map value, pulling, via a hardware abstractor in electronic communication with a data bus disposed in the bioreactor control system and connected to the first, the second, and the third process control devices and operative to facilitate electronic communication between the processor and the first, the second, and the third process control devices, a value from the source location to update the input value of the process task object;
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• configuring, via the processor and the hardware abstractor, the process task to be executed with the input value via the first process control device such that the input of the first process control device is mapped to an output of the third process control device;
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• wherein the process task defines an action for producing a product,
• the first process control device preforms the action defined by the process task, and
• the first, the second, and the third process control devices are each one of a bioreactor, a pump, a flow control device, a valve, an agitator, a ph sensor, a temperature sensor, a dissolved oxygen sensor, a pressure gauge, a concentration gauge, and a flow meter.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions that, when executed, cause a processor of an apparatus for configuring a bioreactor control system to at least:

• determine whether a map value included in a process task object stored in a memory device of the apparatus for configuring the bioreactor control system is a valid map value, the process task object to correspond to a task executed by a first process control device of a bioreactor control system, the first process control device having an input mapped to an output of a second process control device of the bioreactor system, and the map value to identify a source location for an input value of the process task object, the input value defined by a third process control device of the bioreactor control system;
• in response to determining the map value is a valid map value, decode the map value to identify the source location of a first input of the process task object;
• pull a value from the source location to update the input value of the process task object via a hardware abstractor in electronic communication with a data bus disposed in the bioreactor control system and connected to the first, the second, and the third process control devices and operative to facilitate electronic communication between the processor and the first, the second, and the third process control devices;
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• configure the process task, via the hardware abstractor, to be executed with the input value via the first process control device such that the input of the first process control device is mapped to an output of the third process control device;
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• wherein the process task defines an action for producing a product,
• the first process control device preforms the action defined by the process task, and
• the first, the second, and the third process control devices are each one of a bioreactor, a pump, a flow control device, a valve, an agitator, a ph sensor, a temperature sensor, a dissolved oxygen sensor, a pressure gauge, a concentration gauge, and a flow meter.