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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
May. 31, 2011
John Michael Karaffa, Roanoke, VA (US);
Johnny Stephen Downor, Salem, VA (US);
Steven William Smith, Roanoke, VA (US);
John Michael Karaffa, Roanoke, VA (US);
Johnny Stephen Downor, Salem, VA (US);
Steven William Smith, Roanoke, VA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an industrial process control system includes a field device configured to provide an alert. The process control system also includes a graphical user interface configured to present an alarm for the alert, and an alarm server comprising a processor and configured to associate an alarm class with the alert. The alarm class includes a plurality of alarm attributes having a respective plurality of values, and the graphical user interface is configured to present the alarm for the alert based on the plurality of alarm attributes and the respective plurality of values.