Methods and apparatus to create process control graphics based on process control information
AssigneeFisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.
InventorsLarry Oscar Jundt, Bruce Hubert Campney, Michael George Ott, Stephen Gerard Hammack
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to automatically link process control graphics to process control algorithm information are described. An example method involves displaying a first process control image including process control algorithm information and displaying adjacent to the first process control image a second process control image to include process control graphics. The method automatically links at least some of the process control algorithm information to a graphic in the second process control image in response to user inputs associated with the first and second process control images.
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A method of automatically linking process control algorithms to process control algorithm information, the method comprising:
- displaying, at a first device, a first process control image area, the first process control image area for displaying a process control algorithm associated with process control algorithm information, the process control algorithm information comprising one or more process control algorithm parameters;
- displaying, at the first device and adjacent to the first process control image area, a second process control image area, the second process control image area displaying one or more process control graphics;
- linking a first process control graphic to a first process control algorithm parameter;
- presenting a list of control functions associated with the first linked parameter of the first process control graphic in response to the first process control graphic being dragged-and-dropped from the second process control image area to the first process control image area;
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- in response to selection of a control function from the list of control functions, generating a graphical representation of a control algorithm of the selected control function associated with the first linked parameter of the first process control graphic, the generated graphical representation of the control algorithm displayed in the first process control image area.
A system to automatically link process control algorithms to process control algorithm information, the system comprising:
- a display in a first device to display a first process control image area, the first process control image area for displaying a process control algorithm associated with process control algorithm information, the process control algorithm information comprising one or more process control algorithm parameters, and to display a second process control image area adjacent to the first process control image area, the second process control image area displaying a first process control graphic, the first process control graphic linked to a first process control algorithm parameter;
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- a processor in the first device to present a list of control functions associated with the first linked parameter of the first process control graphic in response to the first process control graphic being dragged-and-dropped from the second process control image area to the first process control image area, generate a graphical representation of a control algorithm of a control function selected from the list associated with the first linked parameter of the first process control graphic and displaying the generated graphical representation of the control algorithm in the first process control image area.
A computer readable storage device comprising instructions stored thereon which, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
- display, at a first device, a first process control image area, the first process control image area for displaying a process control algorithm associated with process control algorithm information, the process control algorithm information comprising one or more process control algorithm parameters;
- display, at a first device and adjacent to the first process control image area, a second process control image area, the second process control image area displaying a first process control graphic and to display a plurality of properties of the first process control graphic;
- link the first process control graphic to a first one of the process control algorithm parameters;
- presenting a list of control functions associated with the first linked parameter of the first process control graphic in response to the first process control graphic being dragged-and-dropped from the second process control image area to the first process control image area;
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- in response to selection of a control function from the list of control functions, generate a graphical representation of a control algorithm of the selected control function associated with the first linked parameter of the first process control graphic, the generated graphical representation of the control algorithm displayed in the first process control image area.
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