Method for engineering a control system

A computer system for engineering a control system, comprising:

• instructions for controlling said computer system to engineer said control system by:
• receiving user input information;
• analyzing said user input information in order to engineer a device window record by independently assigning a part and a termination detail for said device window record;
• storing for every solution said user input information as device windows in a device window table;
• using computer commands to expand single and typical device windows as individual points;
• using computer commands to expand single and typical solutions as individual systems;
• assigning for every point in every system a controller location;
• engineering said controller locations;
• assigning for every point in every system a controller;
• and
• engineering said controllers.

An article of manufacture comprising:

• a computer readable medium containing computer readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system to engineer a control system, the computer readable program coding means in said article of manufacture comprising:
• computer readable program code for causing said computer system to receive user input information;
• computer readable program code for causing said computer system to analyze said user input information in order to engineer a device window record by independently assigning a part and a termination detail for said device window record;
• computer readable program code for causing said computer system to store for every solution said user input information as DWs in a device window table;
• computer readable program code for causing said computer system to use computer commands to expand single and typical DWs as individual points;
• computer readable program code for causing said computer system to use computer commands to expand single and typical solutions as individual systems;
• computer readable program code for causing said computer system to assign for every point in every system a controller location;
• computer readable program code for causing said computer system to engineer said controller locations;
• computer readable program code for causing said computer system to assign for every point in every system a controller;
• and
• computer readable program code for causing said computer system to engineer said controllers.