Fisher-rosemount Systems, Inc

Diego M Benavides

David L Deitz

Nathan W Pettus

Godfrey Roland Sherriff

William George Irwin

Grant Wilson

James Henry Moore, Jr

Robert M Lenich

A process control system capable of executing a function after initiation thereof by a user includes a computer having a memory and a processing unit. A security module stored in the memory of the computer and adapted to be executed on the processing unit of the computer analyzes security information to determine whether the function should be executed. The security information is collected contemporaneously with the initiation of the function and in association therewith.

Function-based process control verification and security in a process control system

A campaign management technique for batch processes enables a process control system user to flexibly create, edit and execute batch process campaigns. The campaign management technique uses a campaign management function that sends messages requesting batch information to a batch executive function. The batch executive function extracts the requested batch information from a database and sends responsive messages containing the requested batch information to the campaign management function. The campaign management function displays the requested batch information to a user via a graphical display and enables the user to select batch information to be included within a batch process campaign. The user can create a campaign having multiple types of batches, which can include special startup and cleanup batches. The campaign management function releases batches of a campaign for execution by the batch executive function according to a user-specified batch execution mode, which may queue a ready batch in the batch executive function prior to the completion of a currently executing batch. A user can add batches to a campaign and/or can modify or delete unreleased batches of a currently executing campaign. Additionally, the campaign management function is tightly integrated with a data historian function and a security function and automatically sends campaign execution messages to the data historian and uses the security function to control user access to the campaign management function.

Campaign management for batch processes

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Diego M Benavides