Distributed life cycle development tool for controls
US6546297B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 20, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 8, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 20, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/32129
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A control system for a device, such as an appliance, is designed by storing software representations of pre-existing control panel components (2005) and pre-existing control processes (2010) on a computer, using the computer to develop a control panel for the device by selecting and placing software representations of pre-existing control panel objects in a software representation of the control panel (2015), and using the computer to develop control software for the device by selecting software representations of pre-existing control processes and associating the selected control processes with the selected control panel objects (2020). The control software then is downloaded from the computer to control hardware to be included in the device (2025). Finally, the device is tested using the control software running on the control hardware and under the control of the computer (2030). A system (2100) for designing a control system for a device (2105) includes a computer (2110) having an input unit (2115), an output unit (2120), a processor (2125), a storage device (2130) on which the software representations (2140) are stored, and a display (2135) on which a representation of the con…
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