Systems and methods for error detection and diagnostics visualization
AssigneeRockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
InventorsGordon Daily, Kevin Carl Smith, Matthew R. Ericsson
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Abstract
A human machine interface (HMI) configured to provide visualizations of one or more device elements that correspond to one or more components in an industrial automation system on an HMI screen. The HMI includes computer-executable instructions stored on a tangible machine-readable medium configured to determine whether at least one of the device elements is associated with an error and modify at least one graphic that corresponds to the at least one of the device elements when the one of the device elements is associated with the error.
Claims23
A system, comprising:
- a human machine interface (HMI) configured to provide visualizations of one or more device elements that correspond to one or more components in an industrial automation system on an HMI screen, wherein the HMI comprises computer-executable instructions stored on a tangible machine-readable medium configured to:
- determine whether at least one of the device elements is associated with an error;
- and
- modify at least one graphic that corresponds to the at least one of the device elements when the one of the device elements is associated with the error by changing a pattern of a line that corresponds to an outline of the at least one graphic.
A method for providing a visualization of one or more errors for one or more components in an industrial automation system, comprising:
- receiving, using a human machine interface (HMI), an indication that one or more device elements that correspond to the one or more components is associated with at least one error;
- modifying at least one graphic that corresponds to the one or more device elements associated with the at least one error;
- and
- generating at least one error icon adjacent to the at least one graphic, wherein the at least one error icon is configured to receive an input that causes information in context with the at least one error to be displayed within a portion of a screen of the HMI.
A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising machine-readable instructions to:
- receive a plurality of errors that corresponds to a plurality of device elements for depiction in visualizations on a screen of a human machine interface (HMI), wherein the plurality of device elements correspond to a plurality of components in an industrial automation system, and wherein the HMI is configured to monitor and control the plurality of components;
- identify one or more subsets of the plurality of errors, wherein each of the one or more subsets comprises at least two of the plurality of errors and wherein the at least two of the plurality of errors are related;
- classify the one or more subsets as one or more categories of errors;
- and
- display an indication of the categories of errors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.