Patent ID: 9013412
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: G05B,G06F

Abstract:
1. A portable communicator for use in a process control system, the process control system including a controller coupled to a field device, the controller configured to communicate with the field device to control a physical process parameter or to measure a physical process control parameter in a process plant, the portable communicator comprising: a processor; a computer-readable memory having computer-readable instructions executable on the processor; a touchscreen including a grab-and-drag portion and a selection portion; and a software application stored on the computer readable memory and configured to execute on the processor to provide a user interface on the touchscreen, the user interface comprising: the grab-and-drag portion including a plurality of input fields, wherein the plurality of input fields are scrollable via a grab-and-drag mechanism; and the selection portion including at least one value associated with a corresponding input field of the plurality of input fields and simultaneously displayed with the grab-and-drag portion, wherein the selection portion is separate from the grab-and-drag portion and not scrollable via the selection portion, the selection portion configured to receive from a user a selection of a particular value for a particular input field of the plurality of input fields in the grab-and-drag portion, and wherein a scrolling operation associated with the grab-and-drag portion is separate from a selecting operation associated with the selection portion such that the user is prevented from scrolling and selecting values at the same time.