Visualization Method for Electrical Machine Operation Models Based on Mechanical Machine Operation Models

A computer-usable medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon for execution by a processor to perform a method for visually representing an electrical machine operation model on a display space, the method comprising:

• (A) apportioning the display space into device subspaces, each subspace corresponding to a different device represented by the electrical machine operation model;
• (B) for each device subspace, using a common time axis for all subspaces, performing the following steps for a represented device:
• (1) creating a first region for displaying sequence information;
• (2) creating a second region for displaying signal information;
• (3) in the first region, displaying a representation of mechanical device movement including mechanical steps of the represented device as a function of time;
• (4) in the first region, superimposing over the representation of mechanical device movement, representations of electrical steps, each electrical step overlaying a corresponding mechanical step;
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• (5) in the second region, displaying representations of electrical signal values of electrical signals associated with the represented device as a function of time;
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• (C) for all device subspaces collectively, performing the following steps:
• (1) connecting each pair of electrical step representations that are sequential in time, with a connection representing an electrical transition;
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• (2) for at least one representation of an electrical transition, displaying at least one representation of a condition associating the electrical transition with a representation of an electrical signal.