Variable equivalency on connection in a process simulation

US10318665B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SOFTWARE, LLC · US

Inventors

• Ian H. Boys · Vista, US
• David H. Jerome · La Habra, US
• Douglas Paul Kane · Silverado, US
• Cal Depew · Irvine, US
• Sangeetha Barla · Mission Viejo, US
• Wen-Jing Lin · Sugar Land, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 15, 2014
• Grant date: Jun 11, 2019
• Expiry date: Jun 23, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B19/00
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system for developing a simulation of a process. In one aspect, a system creates a first model within the simulation. The first model represents a part of the process and comprises a first port to which other models may be connected. The system also creates a second model within the simulation. The second model represents another part of the process and comprises a second port to which other models may be connected. The system then connects the first port and the second port together. Upon connection, the system allocates a memory location as a connection variable that represents a type of information transfer between the first and second ports. A first port variable, which represents a value transferable through the first port, is set to reference the value at the allocated memory location. Similarly, a second port variable, which represents a value transferable through the second port, is also set to reference the value at the allocated memory location.