Apparatus and method for displaying state data of an industrial plant

An apparatus for displaying state data of an industrial plant, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• in a first mode,
• receive live state data from a data source, and
• send a portion of the live state data to a client for display into a graphical user interface;
• and
• in a replay mode,
• read stored state data from a data storage, the stored state data being stored at a storage rate, and
• send a portion of the stored state data to a client for display into the same or a different graphical user interface at a replay rate.

A computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions embodied therewith, which, when executed by a processor that communicates with a client over a network, cause the processor to:
• in a first mode,
• receive live state data of an industrial plant from a data source, and
• send a portion of the live state data to the client for display into a graphical user interface;
• and
• in a replay mode,
• read stored state data of an industrial plant from a data storage, the stored state data being stored at a storage rate, and
• send a portion of the stored state data to the client for display into the same or a different graphical user interface at a display rate.

An apparatus for displaying state data of an industrial plant, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• in a first mode,
• receive live state data from a server;
• and
• display the live state data into a graphical user interface;
• and
• in a replay mode,
• receive stored state data from a server, the stored state data being stored at a storage rate;
• and
• display the stored state data into the same or a different graphical user interface at a replay rate.

A computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions embodied therewith, which, when executed by a processor that communicates with a server over a network, cause the processor to:
• in a first mode,
• receive live state data of an industrial plant from a server, and
• display the live state data into a graphical user interface;
• and
• in a replay mode,
• receive stored state data of an industrial plant from a server, the stored state data being stored at a storage rate, and
• display the stored state data into the same or a different graphical user interface at a display rate.

A method for displaying state data of an industrial plant, the method comprising:

• receiving live state data of an industrial plant from a data source;
• storing the live state data to a data storage at a storage rate;
• in a first mode, displaying a portion of the live state data into a graphical user interface;
• and
• in a replay mode, reading the stored state data from the data storage and displaying a portion of the stored state data into the same or a different graphical user interface at a replay rate.