Systems and methods for automated display of permissive logic in control systems associated with a power generation unit

A system comprising:

• at least one memory that stores computer-executable instructions;
• and
• at least one processor configured to access the at least one memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:
• receive one or more signals from a power generation equipment, wherein the one or more signals received from the power generation equipment include at least one previous frame and a current frame of input pin data and output pin data, wherein the input pin data and the output pin data are associated with at least one logic builder block of the power generation equipment, wherein the logic builder block comprises at least one combinational Boolean logic block;
• process the one or more signals to control the power generation equipment according to permissive logic instructions that permit or prohibit progression in a state machine or a presented in a graphical representation of the logic builder block, the graphical representation including the at least one combinational Boolean logic block, wherein the logic builder block includes one or more input pins of combinational logic blocks, each of the one or more input pins being associated with one of the one or more signals;
• send, based on processing, data associated with one or more changes in input values of one or more input pins of the combinational logic blocks associated with the logic builder block;
• determine, by the control device, at least one change of an input pin value between the previous frame and the current frame that causes at least one output pin associated with at least one of the combinational Boolean logic blocks to change for updating on a display;
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• provide, on the display, a real-time updated graphical representation of the logic builder block that includes the at least one combinational Boolean logic block with the at least one change of the input pin value being visually indicated by highlighting.

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a computing device, one or more inputs for configuring a logic builder block associated with permissive logic instructions that permit or prohibit progression in a state machine or a process to control a power generation equipment, wherein the logic builder block comprises at least one combinational Boolean logic block;
• compiling, by the computing device, instructions associated with at least a portion of the one or more inputs to generate object code for execution by a control device;
• and
• sending, by the computing device, the compiled object code to the control device, wherein the compiled object code when executed causes the control device to:
• send real-time data associated with the one or more signals from the power generation equipment to a display, wherein the one or more signals include at least one previous frame and a current frame of input pin data and output pin data, wherein the input pin data and the output pin data are associated with at least one logic function block of the power generation equipment, wherein the display comprises a graphical representation of the logic builder block, the graphical representation including the at least one combinational Boolean logic block, wherein each of the one or more signals is associated with one or more input pins of combinational logic blocks in the logic builder block;
• using the data, detect one or more changes in values of the one or more input pins of the combinational logic blocks;
• determine at least one change of an input pin value between the previous frame and the current frame that causes at least one output pin associated with at least one of the combinational Boolean logic blocks to change;
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• visually indicate by highlight the at least one change in the graphical representation of the logic builder block.