Patent ID: 8896603
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: G05B,G06F

Abstract:
1. A method in a workstation to bind a configuration element to a physical device of a distributed-equipment process control system using a property of the configuration element, the method comprising: associating a first binding type selected for the physical device by a user from a plurality of binding types with the property of the configuration element, the configuration element being representative of the physical device of the distributed-equipment process control system, the physical device being separate from the workstation; excluding first control module identifiers from being user-selectable to control the physical device based on a selection of the first binding type; during user configuration of the configuration element, filtering out the excluded first control module identifiers and presenting second control module identifiers corresponding to the first binding type, each of the second control module identifiers being user-selectable via the presentation, and each of the second control module identifiers identifying a respective process useable to control the physical device in the distributed-equipment process control system; identifying a selection of a first one of the presented second control module identifiers; and generating a binding reference to bind the configuration element to a process corresponding to the first one of the second control module identifiers, the binding reference to cause the process to control the physical device.