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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2015
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Wayne R. Davis, Cambridge, CA;
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing an icon for display by a user interface from an automation device that the icon depicts. Specifically, present embodiments are directed to methods and systems capable of detecting, with processing circuitry of an automation device, a shell program on a workstation via an automation control network. Further, embodiments are capable of providing icon configuration data to the shell program from the automation device, wherein the configuration data controls characteristics of an icon representative of the automation device for display in a visualization of the workstation.