Process control system
AssigneeYokogawa Electric Corporation
InventorKenji Torigoe
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Abstract
A function block used in another process control system is previously associated with an data item by taking the function block being as data on a same rank as the data item. A definition-information generating section previously generates definition information about the function block associated with the data item, depending upon OPC browse information. An information-processing executing section executes a predetermined information processing by use of the association and the definition information.
Claims5
A process control system for executing process control by use of a data item including process data, the system comprising:
- an associating section that previously associates a function block to be used in another process control system with the data item, as data on a same rank as the data item;
- a definition-information generating section that previously generates definition information of the function block to be associated with the data item, depending upon OPC browse information;
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- an information-processing executing section that executes a predetermined information processing by use of the association performed by the associating section and the definition information generated by the definition-information generating section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.