Method and viewer for a cause and effect matrix in a safety system
AssigneeABB AB
InventorsKatharina Gohr, Phillip Weemes
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Abstract
A method in an industrial safety system for controlling a process or equipment. An industrial safety system comprises components with safety devices wherein the safety system enables signals to be generated as a result of an event or alarm. The method and system uses a cause and effect matrix with automated links between each event or alarm and an effect or an action to be taken upon receipt of the event or alarm signal due to the event. In an online view of the improved cause and effect matrix, at least one effect cell of the cause and effect matrix is arranged with a first executable link for a device represented by the at least one effect cell.
Claims20
A method in an industrial safety system for controlling a process or equipment, said industrial safety system comprising components with inputs and safety devices and
- wherein said industrial safety system uses control code generated by a cause and effect matrix with an automated link between each event or alarm and an effect or an action to be taken upon receipt of an event or alarm signal due to the event in one or more safety controllers, and
- wherein an online viewer provides an on-line view of said cause and effect matrix,
- characterized by
- providing at least one effect cell in an on-line view of the cause and effect matrix with a first control arranged to receive user input and provide an executable link for opening and controlling a device linked to the at least one effect cell, to operate the device directly from an effect cell it is linked to in the online view of the cause and effect matrix.
An industrial safety system comprising components with inputs and safety devices and wherein said industrial safety system uses control code generated by a cause and effect matrix and stored on non-transitory computer readable media, the system comprising
- a cause and effect matrix with an automated link between each event or alarm and an effect and an action to be taken upon receipt of an event or alarm signal due to the event in one or more safety controllers, and
- said industrial safety system comprising an online viewer providing an on-line view of said cause and effect matrix,
- said industrial safety system comprising
- a computer,
- a computer program stored on non-transitory computer readable media and
- a graphical user interface,
- characterized in that
- at least one effect cell in the on-line view of the cause and effect matrix comprises a first control arranged for receiving user input and providing an executable link for opening and controlling a device linked to the effect cell, to operate the device directly from an effect cell it is linked to in the online view of the cause and effect matrix.
A computer program for controlling safety devices in an industrial safety system said program comprising computer code stored on non-transitory computer readable media which, when fed into a computer, will make the computer carry out a method for controlling a process or equipment,
- said industrial safety system comprising components with inputs and safety devices and wherein said industrial safety system uses control code stored on non-transitory computer readable media and generated by a cause and effect matrix with an automated link between each event or alarm and an effect or an action to be taken upon receipt of an event or alarm signal due to the event in one or more safety controllers, and wherein an online viewer provides an on-line view of said cause and effect matrix,
- characterized by
- providing at least one effect cell in an on-line view of the cause and effect matrix with a first control arranged to receive user input and provide an executable link for opening and controlling a device linked to the at least one effect cell, to operate the device directly from an effect cell it is linked to in the online view of the cause and effect matrix.
A computer readable medium comprising a computer program stored on non-transitory computer readable media which when read into a computer or processor will cause the computer or processor to carry out a method in an industrial safety system for controlling a process or equipment,
- said industrial safety system comprising components with inputs and safety devices and wherein said industrial safety system uses control code stored on non-transitory computer readable media and generated by a cause and effect matrix with an automated link between each event or alarm and an effect or an action to be taken upon receipt of an event or alarm signal due to the event in one or more safety controllers, and wherein an online viewer provides an on-line view of said cause and effect matrix,
- characterized by
- providing at least one effect cell in an on-line view of the cause and effect matrix with a first control arranged to receive user input and provide an executable link for opening and controlling a device linked to the at least one effect cell, to operate the device directly from an effect cell it is linked to in the online view of the cause and effect matrix.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.