Plant for controlling process equipment

A plant for controlling process equipment adapted for carrying out a process, comprising:

• a master system having a first interface to a programming unit adapted for entering commands to the process equipment for setting control parameters for the process and a second interface to the process equipment, transmitting members in the master system for transmitting information between the first and second interfaces and by that between the programming unit and the process equipment, a memory member arranged in the process equipment adapted to store data required for describing and defining the process of the process equipment as well as means adapted to enable access to said data through the programming unit so as to enable a determination of said commands based upon said data, the master system being provided with a rule data base and a text data base including a configuration file for communication between the process equipment and the master system through the second interface by utilizing a general process application protocol and a text file, respectively, adapted to the format of said data in the memory member of the process equipment, and the rule data base and the text data base are connected of said transmitting members and adapted to enable interpreting of data sent from the process equipment according to said application protocol by the transmitting member and transmitting therethrough to the programming unit.