Systems and methods for error detection and diagnostics visualization
AssigneeRockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
InventorsMatthew R. Ericsson, Gordon Daily, Kevin Carl Smith
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Abstract
A human machine interface (HMI) configured to provide visualizations of one or more device elements that correspond to one or more components in an industrial automation system on an HMI screen. The HMI includes computer-executable instructions stored on a tangible machine-readable medium configured to determine whether at least one of the device elements is associated with an error and modify at least one graphic that corresponds to the at least one of the device elements when the one of the device elements is associated with the error.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a human machine interface (HMI) configured to provide visualizations of one or more device elements that correspond to one or more components in an industrial automation system on an HMI screen, wherein the HMI comprises computer-executable instructions stored on a tangible machine-readable medium configured to:
- determine whether at least one of the device elements is associated with a network communication error;
- and
- modify at least one graphic that corresponds to the at least one of the device elements when the one of the device elements is associated with the error;
- wherein each device element comprises stand-alone code that can be individually programmed, pre-written for use, as in a library, customized in its function and appearance in HMI screens, and interconnected to various components within the industrial automation system to provide information to a user as well as control and monitoring functions.
A method for providing a visualization of one or more errors for one or more components in an industrial automation system, comprising:
- receiving, using a human machine interface (HMI), an indication that one or more device elements that correspond to the one or more components is associated with at least one network communication error;
- modifying at least one graphic that corresponds to the one or more device elements associated with the at least one network communication error;
- and
- generating at least one error icon displayed within a portion of a screen of the HMI;
- wherein each device element comprises stand-alone code that can be individually programmed, pre-written for use, as in a library, customized in its function and appearance in HMI screens, and interconnected to various components within the industrial automation system to provide information to a user as well as control and monitoring functions.
A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising machine-readable instructions to:
- determine a network communication error in an industrial automation system that corresponds to a device element for depiction in visualizations on a screen of a human machine interface (HMI), wherein the device element corresponds to an industrial automation component in the industrial automation system, and wherein the HMI is configured to monitor and control the industrial automation component;
- identify the error as a network communication error;
- display an indication of the network communication error by modification of a graphic displayed on the HMI;
- wherein the device element comprises stand-alone code that can be individually programmed, pre-written for use, as in a library, customized in its function and appearance in HMI screens, and interconnected to various components within the industrial automation system to provide information to a user as well as control and monitoring functions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.