Patent ID: 8706263
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: G05B,G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for synchronizing an industrial process comprising: an automation controller configured to control a plurality of sequential processes separated by transitions; and a graphical transition group graphically linking a plurality of the transitions to synchronize execution of processes, wherein the graphical transition group comprises a graphical transition link configured to link a first transition in the plurality of transitions to a second transition in the plurality of transitions, wherein the graphical transition link is configured to monitor a first sequential process upstream of the first transition and a second sequential process upstream of the second transition to synchronize the execution of the first and the second transitions, and wherein the first sequential process comprises a first graphical bar representative of a first execution time of the first sequential process, and wherein the second sequential process comprises a second graphical bar representative of a second execution time of the second sequential process, wherein the first sequential process is visually displayed at a first length representative of the first execution time and the second sequential process is visually displayed at a second length representative of the second execution time, wherein the first and second sequential processes are controlled in at least two different process levels, wherein the transition group links transitions between processes of the at least two different process levels, and wherein a third sequential process having a lower process level than the first sequential process comprises a third graphical bar displayed inside of the first graphical bar.