Equipment pathing and unit allocation for a process control system

US6148244A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Intellution, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Mark Tucker · Norcross, US
• Eric Jacobson · Newton, US
• Joseph Bangs · Wrentham, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 13, 1998
• Grant date: Nov 14, 2000
• Expiry date: Apr 13, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a recipe for use with a process control system includes unit procedures (to be executed on units) and information that identifies unit procedures that must be executed on units that are physically connected to one another, unit procedures that must be executed on the same unit, and/or unit procedures that must be executed on different units. According to another embodiment, a method for configuring a recipe includes the step of storing information in memory that identifies unit procedures of the recipe that must be executed on units that are physically connected to one another, unit procedures of the recipe that must be executed on the same unit, and/or unit procedures of the recipe that must be executed on different units. According to yet another embodiment, a method for configuring a process control system includes the steps of storing first information in memory that identifies unit procedures that must be executed on units that are physically connected to one another, unit procedures that must be executed on the same unit, and/or unit procedures that must be executed on different units; and storing second information in memory that identifies units…