Patent ID: 8060862
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: G05B,G06F,Y02P,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for configuring a process control system, the apparatus executing on one or more digital data processors, comprising: a configurator that defines a plurality of objects, each of which represents an entity within any of a controlled system, the control system, a control level hierarchy, and the apparatus for configuring the control system, wherein one or more of said plurality of objects are associated with one or more parameters that pertain to characteristics of the entity represented by the respective object; at least one object being defined as a descendant of an ancestor object and being associated with one or more parameters of the ancestor object; a change during configuration to a parameter of the ancestor object propagating to the descendant object with which that parameter is associated without recompilation of those objects; and, the configurator recording at least selected changes made to the one or more objects during configuration, said selected changes including at least one change that is propagated from the ancestor object to the descendent object.