Patent ID: 7269468
Filing Date: 2007-09-11
Classification: G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring, via a computing device having a display device and an input device, a function block associated with a process plant, the function block to implement a state machine, the method comprising: providing a first graphical user interface via the display device to configure values of at least some outputs of a plurality of outputs of the function block for each of at least some states of a plurality of states of the state machine, wherein the first graphical user interface includes a plurality of graphical elements, wherein at least some graphical elements of the plurality of the graphical elements are associated with respective pairings of ones of the at least some states with ones of the at least some outputs; wherein the at least some outputs are to be used, at least in part, to effect one or more physical functions within the process plant; receiving output configuration data via the graphical user interface; and storing the output configuration data on a first computer readable medium associated with the function block.