Patent ID: 6834388
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
A method of creating one or more real-time interactive control and communication software objects for use in connection with a computer and a machine which communicate according to a standard communication protocol for process control, the method comprising:producing a display module which displays a graphical representation of a user interface of the machine on a display of the computer; associating the graphical representation of the user interface with at least one control signal; producing a control module to examine the graphical representation of the user interface and the associated control signal; producing a communication module to communicate the associated control signal using the standard communication protocol for process control; producing a framework module to interconnect functionally the display module, the control module, and the communication module; and creating the one or more real-time interactive control and communication software objects by merging the framework module, the display module, the control module, and the communication module, wherein the one or more real-time interactive control and communication software objects comprise ActiveX control objects.