Controlling fracturing pumps in a hydraulic fracturing system

A system comprising:

• an input device;
• a display;
• one or more processors;
• and
• a computer-readable medium storing instructions that are operable when executed by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• displaying, on the display, a pumping control interface associated with a plurality of fracturing pumps, the pumping control interface comprising:
• a target input region representing one or more pumping target values of a hydraulic fracturing operation;
• receiving, at the input device, first input for the target input region, wherein the first input indicates a value for at least one of the one or more pumping target values of the hydraulic fracturing operation;
• after receiving the first input, causing, by operation of the one or more processors, a hydraulic fracturing system to perform the hydraulic fracturing operation according to the one or more pumping target values including the value indicated by the first input, wherein causing the hydraulic fracturing system to perform the hydraulic fracturing operation includes:
• causing at least one of the plurality of fracturing pumps to operate based on the one or more pumping target values;
• while the hydraulic fracturing operation is being performed, displaying, on the display, an operation recommendation in the pumping control interface, wherein displaying the operation recommendation includes displaying a suggested change to an operating setting associated with at least one of the plurality of fracturing pumps;
• receiving, at the input device, second input corresponding to acceptance of the operation recommendation;
• and
• in response to receiving the second input, causing the hydraulic fracturing system to implement the operation recommendation and continue performing the hydraulic fracturing operation.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that are operable when executed by a data-processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

• displaying, on a display, a pumping control interface associated with a plurality of fracturing pumps, the pumping control interface comprising:
• a target input region representing one or more pumping target values of a hydraulic fracturing operation;
• receiving, at an input device, first input for the target input region, wherein the first input indicates a value for at least one of the one or more pumping target values of the hydraulic fracturing operation;
• after receiving the first input, causing, by operation of the one or more processors, a hydraulic fracturing system to perform the hydraulic fracturing operation according to the one or more pumping target values including the value indicated by the first input, wherein causing the hydraulic fracturing system to perform the hydraulic fracturing operation includes:
• causing at least one of the plurality of fracturing pumps to operate based on the one or more pumping target values;
• while the hydraulic fracturing operation is being performed, displaying, on the display, an operation recommendation in the pumping control interface, wherein displaying the operation recommendation includes displaying a suggested change to an operating setting associated with at least one of the plurality of fracturing pumps;
• receiving, at the input device, second input corresponding to acceptance of the operation recommendation;
• and
• in response to receiving the second input, causing the hydraulic fracturing system to implement the operation recommendation and continue performing the hydraulic fracturing operation.