Response system configured to create a response profile for generating instructions for a target system

A computer-implemented method of creating a multiple-parameter response profile to be used to generate a multiple-parameter instruction for a target system to respond to a current state value of a signal being handled by the target system, the method comprising:

• generating a Graphical User Interface (GUI) and determining values of a plurality of response-defining parameters by:
• detecting a first user input at a first user-controllable slider control object of the GUI, the first user input being an adjustment of the first user-controllable slider control object setting a value of a reference parameter;
• detecting a second user input at a second user-controllable slider object of the GUI, the second user input being an adjustment of the second user-controllable slider object setting a value of an aggregator parameter, wherein the aggregator parameter has a set of predetermined relationships with each of the plurality of response-defining parameters;
• generating a two-dimensional graph of current state values of the signal against values of a desired response parameter, the two-dimension graph showing the multiple-parameter response profile generated by:
• i) the value of the reference parameter;
• ii) the value of the aggregator parameter which in turn determines the values of the plurality of response-defining parameters;
• and
• iii) a set of predetermined constraints;
• wherein the value of the reference parameter determines a reference point on the two-dimensional graph and the value of the aggregator parameter determines the shape of the response profile with respect to the reference point for different values of the current state value;
• generating the multiple-parameter instruction in response to the current state value of the signal using the multiple-parameter response profile;
• and
• transmitting the multiple-parameter instruction to the target system to implement a response to the current state value of the signal.

A Graphical User Interface (GUI) generator configured to determine values of a plurality of response-profile defining parameters and to generate a displayable GUI, the GUI generator being configured to generate a GUI comprising:

• a user-controllable slider object for setting a value of an aggregator parameter, wherein the aggregator parameter has a set of predetermined relationships with each of a plurality of response profile-defining-parameters;
• and
• a two-dimensional response graph of the current state value of a signal being handled by a target system against a desired response parameter, the two-dimensional graph showing a multiple-parameter response profile generated by:
• i) a value of a reference parameter;
• ii) a value of the aggregator parameter, which in turn determines the values of the plurality of response-defining parameters;
• and
• iii) a set of predetermined constraints;
• wherein the value of the reference parameter determines a reference point on the two-dimensional graph and the value of the aggregator parameter and the set of predetermined constraints determine the shape of the response profile with respect to the reference point for different values of the current state value;
• wherein the GUI generator is configured to provide the multiple-parameter response profile to a parameter setting engine to enable generation of the multiple-parameter instruction in response to the current state value of the signal using the multiple-parameter response profile.

A computer-implemented method of determining values of a plurality of response-profile defining parameters and generating a displayable Graphical User Interface (GUI), the method comprising:

• detecting a user input at a user-controllable slider object of the GUI, the user input being an adjustment of the user-controllable slider object setting a value of an aggregator parameter, wherein the aggregator parameter has a set of predetermined relationships with each of the plurality of response-defining parameters;
• generating a two-dimensional graph of current state values of a signal being handled by a target system against values of a desired response parameter, the two-dimensional graph showing the multiple-parameter response profile generated by:
• i) the value of a reference parameter;
• ii) the value of the aggregator parameter which in turn determines the values of the plurality of response-defining parameters;
• and
• iii) a set of predetermined constraints;
• wherein the value of the reference parameter determines a reference point on the two-dimensional graph and the value of the aggregator parameter and the set of predetermined constraints determine the shape of the response profile with respect to the reference point for different values of the current state value;
• and
• providing the multiple-parameter response profile to a parameter setting engine to enable generation of the multiple-parameter instruction in response to the current state value of the signal using the multiple-parameter response profile.

A computer-implemented method of generating a multiple-parameter response profile for use in generating an instruction to respond to a current state value of a signal being handled by a target system, the method comprising:

• generating a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for providing a GUI displayable on a display screen;
• generating a first user-controllable slider control object within the GUI for setting a value of a reference parameter;
• generating a second user-controllable slider object for setting a value of an aggregator parameter, wherein the aggregator parameter has a set of predetermined relationships with each of a plurality of response profile-defining-parameters;
• and
• detecting user interaction with the first and second user-controllable sliders to determine values of the reference and aggregator parameters;
• generating a two-dimensional response graph of the current state value of the signal against a desired response parameter, the two-dimension graph showing the multiple-parameter response profile generated by the values of the reference and aggregator parameters set by the first and second user controllable slider objects, and a set of predetermined constraints, wherein the value of the reference parameter determines a reference point on the two-dimensional graph and the value of the aggregator parameter determines the shape of the response profile with respect to the reference point for different values of the current state value.