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Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2006
Applicants:

Suresh R. Nair, Amherst, NH (US);

James E. Dogul, Hudson, NH (US);

Richard Galera, Nashua, NH (US);

George E. Rollins, Chelmsford, NH (US);

Derek W. Jones, Dumfries Galloway, GB;

George K. Schuster, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Ray C. Delcher, Oxnard, CA (US);

Inventors:

Suresh R. Nair, Amherst, NH (US);

James E. Dogul, Hudson, NH (US);

Richard Galera, Nashua, NH (US);

George E. Rollins, Chelmsford, NH (US);

Derek W. Jones, Dumfries Galloway, GB;

George K. Schuster, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Ray C. Delcher, Oxnard, CA (US);

Assignee:

Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The claimed subject matter provides industrial automation systems and/or methods that visualize availability and safety levels. An optimization component can generate a voting configuration that provides an optimized combination of a safety level and an availability level based upon available redundancy. Additionally, a graphical user interface can present a visualization of the safety level and the availability level.


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