Patent ID: 7515977
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A configuration viewing system for use in a process plant having a processor and a user interface, the configuration viewing system comprising: a computer readable memory; a plurality of template configuration objects stored on the computer readable memory, wherein each of the plurality of template configuration objects includes a graphical representation of a physical entity within the process plant, a parameter storage adapted to communicate with the process plant to obtain and store device parameter information associated with the physical entity within the process plant and a configuration storage adapted to store configuration parameters associated with the physical entity within the process plant; a first routine stored on the computer readable memory and adapted to be executed on the processor to present a library section on the user interface, the library section adapted to present depictions of the plurality of template configuration objects to a user via the user interface; a second routine stored on the computer readable memory and adapted to be executed on the processor to present a configuration area on the user interface; and a third routine stored on the computer readable memory and adapted to be executed on the processor to enable a user to select one of the plurality of template configuration objects from the library section and to place the selected template configuration object within the configuration area to create a process configuration module within the configuration area, the process configuration module associated with a portion of the process plant, wherein the created process configuration module is an executable object including a particular displayable graphical representation associated with a particular physical entity within the process plant, a particularly configured parameter storage which, when executed, communicates with the particular physical entity within the process plant to obtain and store particular device parameter information associated with the particular physical entity within the process plant and a particularly configured configuration storage which stores particular configuration parameters associated with the particular physical entity within the process plant.