Automatically downloaded link active schedule
    2.
    发明授权
    Automatically downloaded link active schedule 有权
    自动下载的链接活动时间表

    公开(公告)号:US06915364B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-07-05

    申请号:US09345809

    申请日:1999-07-02

    摘要: A system and method for managing delivery of a link active schedule has a master link active scheduler and a backup link active scheduler communicatively coupled together via a databus. The system and method stores a link active schedule in a master link active scheduler and automatically transmits the most current link active schedule from the master link active scheduler over the databus to the backup link active scheduler upon receipt of the link active schedule in the master link active scheduler.

    摘要翻译: 用于管理链接活动调度的递送的系统和方法具有通过数据总线通信地耦合在一起的主链路活动调度器和备用链路活动调度器。 系统和方法在主链路活动调度器中存储链路活动调度器,并且在主链路中接收到链路活动调度时,通过数据总线自动将最新的链路活动调度从主链路活动调度器发送到备份链路活动调度器 活动调度程序

    Shadow function block interface for use in a process control network
    3.
    发明授权
    Shadow function block interface for use in a process control network 有权
    阴影功能块接口用于过程控制网络

    公开(公告)号:US06738388B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-05-18

    申请号:US09151084

    申请日:1998-09-10

    IPC分类号: H04J316

    摘要: A process controller that is communicatively coupled to an external field device via a communication network uses a shadow function block disposed within a process controller to enable implementation of a control routine that uses both an internal function block disposed within the process controller and an external function block disposed within the external field device. The shadow function block includes a communication port that communicates with the external function block via the communication network to thereby receive data pertaining to the external function block, a memory that stores the received data according to a configuration protocol of the internal function block and an output that provides the stored external function block data to the internal function block according to the configuration protocol of the internal function block. The communication port of the interface function block may include an output that sends data generated by the controller or the internal function block to the external function block using the communication protocol associated with the external function block.

    摘要翻译: 通过通信网络通信地耦合到外部现场设备的过程控制器使用设置在过程控制器内的阴影功能块来实现使用设置在过程控制器内的内部功能块和外部功能块的控制程序 设置在外部现场设备内。 阴影功能块包括通过通信网络与外部功能块通信的通信端口,从而接收与外部功能块有关的数据;存储器,其根据内部功能块的配置协议存储接收到的数据;以及输出 根据内部功能块的配置协议向外部功能块提供存储的外部功能块数据。 接口功能块的通信端口可以包括使用与外部功能块相关联的通信协议将由控制器或内部功能块生成的数据发送到外部功能块的输出。

    User interface that integrates a process control configuration system and a field device management system
    4.
    发明授权
    User interface that integrates a process control configuration system and a field device management system 有权
    集成过程控制配置系统和现场设备管理系统的用户界面

    公开(公告)号:US06618630B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-09-09

    申请号:US09342573

    申请日:1999-07-08

    IPC分类号: G05B1101

    摘要: A user interface is adapted to be used in a process control network having a controller communicatively coupled to a plurality of field devices, a process control configuration database and a workstation having a display, a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the controller. The user interface includes a process control configuration system that enables a user to manipulate and view a process control solution for use in the process control network, a field device management system that enables a user to communicate with one of the field devices and an interface that passes data between the process control configuration system and the field device management system to enable simultaneous use of the process control configuration system and the field device management system.

    摘要翻译: 用户接口适于在具有通信地耦合到多个现场设备的控制器的过程控制网络中使用,过程控制配置数据库和具有通信地耦合到控制器的显示器,处理器和存储器的工作站。 用户界面包括过程控制配置系统,其使得用户能够操纵和查看在过程控制网络中使用的过程控制解决方案;现场设备管理系统,其使用户能够与现场设备中的一个通信;以及接口, 在过程控制配置系统和现场设备管理系统之间传递数据,以同时使用过程控制配置系统和现场设备管理系统。

    Process control system using a process control strategy distributed among multiple control elements
    5.
    发明授权
    Process control system using a process control strategy distributed among multiple control elements 有权
    过程控制系统使用分布在多个控制元素之间的过程控制策略

    公开(公告)号:US06195591B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-02-27

    申请号:US09209780

    申请日:1998-12-11

    IPC分类号: G05B902

    摘要: A process controller implements an overall, user-developed control strategy in a process control network that includes distributed controller and field devices, such as Fieldbus and non-Fieldbus devices. A user defines the control strategy by building a plurality of function blocks and control modules and downloading or installing user-specified portions of the control strategy into the Fieldbus devices and the non-Fieldbus devices. Thereafter, the Fieldbus devices automatically perform the downloaded portions of the overall strategy independently of other portions of the control strategy. For example in a process control system that includes distributed field devices, controllers and workstations, portions of the control strategy downloaded or installed into the field devices operate independently of and in parallel with the control operations of the controllers and the workstations, while other control operations manage the Fieldbus devices and implement other portions of the control strategy.

    摘要翻译: 过程控制器在包括分布式控制器和现场设备(例如现场总线和非现场总线设备)的过程控制网络中实现整体的用户开发的控制策略。 用户通过构建多个功能块和控制模块以及将控制策略的用户指定的部分下载或安装到现场总线设备和非现场总线设备来定义控制策略。 此后,现场总线设备自动执行总体策略的下载部分,而与控制策略的其他部分无关。 例如,在包括分布式现场设备,控制器和工作站的过程控制系统中,下载或安装到现场设备中的控制策略的一部分与控制器和工作站的控制操作独立地并行并行,而其他控制操作 管理现场总线设备并实施控制策略的其他部分。

    Security for Objects in a Process Plant Configuration System
    7.
    发明申请
    Security for Objects in a Process Plant Configuration System 有权
    过程工厂配置系统中对象的安全性

    公开(公告)号:US20110224808A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-09-15

    申请号:US13109892

    申请日:2011-05-17

    IPC分类号: G05B9/02

    摘要: A configuration system uses process plant items that may represent, or be capable of representing, entities in a process plant to assist in configuring, organizing, and changing the control and display activities within the process plant. Access to the items may be controlled by associating access control data with the items. The configuration system may also use objects that represent, or may be capable of representing, one or more steps to be performed by entities in the process plant. Access to these objects may be controlled by associating access control data with the objects. The access control data may indicate whether users or certain users may be able to, for example, view or modify all or some data associated with the process plant items or the objects. The process plant items may comprise, for example, module class objects which may be capable of generically representing process entities of the process plant, module objects which may be capable of specifically representing process entities of the process plant, composite templates, module templates, etc. The objects that represent, or may be capable of representing, one or more steps to be performed by entities in the process plant may comprise, for example, phase classes or unit phases.

    摘要翻译: 配置系统使用可以表示或能够表示过程工厂中的实体的过程工厂项目来协助配置,组织和改变过程工厂内的控制和显示活动。 可以通过将访问控制数据与项目相关联来控制对项目的访问。 配置系统还可以使用表示或者可以表示由过程工厂中的实体执行的一个或多个步骤的对象。 可以通过将访问控制数据与对象相关联来控制对这些对象的访问。 访问控制数据可以指示用户或某些用户是否能够例如查看或修改与过程工厂项目或对象相关联的所有或某些数据。 过程工厂项目可以包括例如可以能够一般地表示过程工厂的过程实体的模块类对象,模块对象可以具体地表示过程工厂的过程实体,复合模板,模块模板等 表示或可能能够表示由过程工厂中的实体执行的一个或多个步骤的对象可以包括例如相位类别或单位阶段。

    Use of uniform resource locators in process control system documentation
    9.
    发明授权
    Use of uniform resource locators in process control system documentation 有权
    在过程控制系统文档中使用统一的资源定位器

    公开(公告)号:US06691280B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-02-10

    申请号:US09264395

    申请日:1999-03-08

    IPC分类号: G06F1721

    摘要: A uniform resource locator (URL) is embedded in computerized or digital documentation for a physical and/or a software process control element existing within a process control environment to thereby provide an automatic link to documentation or other applications that exist in other processing or data environments, such as in a word processing environment or in a data manipulation environment. The URL may include a generalized field having a descriptor that identifies a property of the process control element and that operates so that, when the URL is selected, the generalized field is replaced with the property identified by the descriptor.

    摘要翻译: 统一的资源定位符(URL)嵌入在过程控制环境中存在的物理和/或软件过程控制元素的计算机化或数字文档中,从而提供对存在于其他处理或数据环境中的文档或其他应用程序的自动链接 ,例如在文字处理环境或数据操作环境中。 URL可以包括具有标识过程控制元素的属性并且操作的描述符的通用字段,使得当选择URL时,将广义字段替换为由描述符标识的属性。

    Process control system for monitoring and displaying diagnostic
information of multiple distributed devices
    10.
    发明授权
    Process control system for monitoring and displaying diagnostic information of multiple distributed devices 失效
    用于监控和显示多个分布式设备诊断信息的过程控制系统

    公开(公告)号:US5995916A

    公开(公告)日:1999-11-30

    申请号:US631557

    申请日:1996-04-12

    IPC分类号: G06F11/32 G06F3/00 G06F15/00

    摘要: A process control system includes a diagnostic monitoring and display functionality for viewing, in a coherent manner, diagnostic information relating to a process that operates over multiple devices and system components. Although the multiple devices and system components typically encompass widely different device types and operational standards, the process control system incorporates diagnostic information relating to all devices and presents this information to a system user in a uniform manner so that an operating control strategy and the diagnostic information are presented as though all control actions and diagnostic information were performed or generated at a single location. A user-defined diagnostic program is assembled as a set of function blocks and control modules and represented as a set of layers of interconnected control objects identified as modules which include informational structures accessed as attributes. Information is accessed using device hierarchy attribute addressing, supporting direct addressing of I/O signals from modules, bypassing the use of I/O function blocks and avoiding I/O function block behavior.

    摘要翻译: 过程控制系统包括用于以一致的方式查看与在多个设备和系统组件上操作的过程有关的诊断信息的诊断监视和显示功能。 虽然多个设备和系统组件通常包含广泛不同的设备类型和操作标准,但是过程控制系统包括与所有设备相关的诊断信息,并且以均匀的方式将该信息呈现给系统用户,使得操作控制策略和诊断信息 被呈现为在单个位置执行或生成所有控制动作和诊断信息。 用户定义的诊断程序被组合为一组功能块和控制模块,并且被表示为被识别为模块的互连控制对象的一组层,其包括作为属性访问的信息结构。 使用设备层级属性寻址访问信息,支持从模块直接寻址I / O信号,绕过使用I / O功能块并避免I / O功能块行为。