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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Abb Technology Ag, Zurich, CH;
Inventor:
Wolfgang Wimmer, Rietheim, CH;
Assignee:
ABB TECHNOLOGY AG, Zürich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 29/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); G05B 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/182 (2013.01); G05B 23/0208 (2013.01); G05B 23/0272 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and sum alarm server are disclosed, which generate a sum alarm for alarms of a process control system for an industrial plant. The method includes identifying alarms described by a configuration description for the industrial plant; assigning each identified alarm to a plant level; assigning each identified alarm to an alarm category based on an alarm type retrieved from the configuration description; and deriving a sum alarm per alarm category and at a selected plant level from all alarms assigned to the alarm category and assigned to the selected plant level or to any plant level below.