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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2014
Abb Technology Ag, Zürich, CH;
Georg Gutermuth, Heidelberg, DE;
Pablo Rodriguez Carrion, Ilvesheim, DE;
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
An exemplary system and method for displaying technical equipment of an industrial plant includes a graphical display unit and a user interface for receiving image handling parameters. A data storing unit provides data relating to the technical equipment in the form of device data and network data describing a communication network of the industrial plant. The device data describes network devices which are all connected to the communication network and belong to the industrial plant, and the network data describes all the communication connections between the network devices. A data processing unit is arranged for retrieving the provided data, transforming all the device data and all the network data into displayable information, and providing the image representations together with other displayable information to the graphical display unit. The graphical display unit is arranged to display the image representations and other displayable information according to the image handling parameters.