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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2006
Steven Dardinski, Westford, MA (US);
Keith Eldridge, North Easton, MA (US);
Robert Hall, South Easton, MA (US);
Mark Johnson, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Brian Mackay, Coppell, TX (US);
Paul Meskonis, Norwood, MA (US);
Scott Volk, North Easton, MA (US);
Steven Dardinski, Westford, MA (US);
Keith Eldridge, North Easton, MA (US);
Robert Hall, South Easton, MA (US);
Mark Johnson, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Brian Mackay, Coppell, TX (US);
Paul Meskonis, Norwood, MA (US);
Scott Volk, North Easton, MA (US);
Invensys Systems, Inc., Foxboro, MA (US);
Abstract
Connection objects or other such data structures facilitate establishing and configuring connections between objects that model components in a process control system. A first set of data structures (e.g., the object connection type structures) identify valid types for component-to-component pairings and the respective roles of each component in the pairing (e.g., parent or child, source or sink). A second set of data structures (e.g., the parameter connection type structures) supply similar information for parameter-to-parameter connections. Together, these data structures can be used, for example, to validate component-to-component connections suggested by the user and to automatically configure parameter-to-parameter connections. Actual connections, both at the component or parameter level, are reflected using parameter overrides within the parameterized object model—with which the connection objects are constructed.