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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2016
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
ABB SCHWEIZ AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
A method for sorting alarm-messages of a plant having at least one alarm-area each having at least two plant-devices connected by at least one connection, wherein the at least one alarm-area is defined so that the plant-devices and the respective connection provide a directed graph, involves: providing at least one database containing alarm-data and topology-data; wherein the topology-data describe a directed graph having at least one connection with a related flow direction between the respective plant-devices of the respective assigned alarm-area; generating at least one partly complete first alarm-order of the alarm-messages of the at least one alarm-area by sorting the alarm-messages according to the flow direction of the directed graph.