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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2017
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Russell W. Brandes, Brunswick, OH (US);
Dale E. Reed, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
An industrial control device allows end users to customize the mode model that defines rules for arbitrating between program and operator control. The industrial control device includes configuration tools that allow the user to define which set of states or modes are to be used for arbitrating between program control and operator control in accordance with the usages and standards of a given industrial facility or enterprise. The configuration tools also allow the commands for transitioning between the selected ownership states to be modified to conform to a desired ownership mode model. Using the mode model configuration tools, users can adapt the ownership mode model to conform to their own customer-specific or industry-specific standards of operator/program arbitration. In some scenarios, the customized mode model can be applied to defined multilevel equipment groupings such that control ownership is cascaded to all devices of a defined ownership chain.