Patent ID: 7069185

Claim:
A computerized machine control (CMC) monitoring system, wherein said CMC controls operation of a plurality of digital channels under direction of a control program, said system comprising: a data acquisition component, wherein said data acquisition component is in communication with said CMC, and wherein said data acquisition component acquires transition data about said plurality of digital channels; a data storage component, wherein said data storage component is in communication with said data acquisition component, wherein said data storage component stores the acquired transition data to establish an historical pattern of transition data that is comparable to current transition data independent of the control program; and a viewing component, wherein said viewing component is in communication with said data storage component, and wherein said viewing component displays a sequence diagram of said historical pattern of transition data defined by a first average transition time to on, a second average transition time to off, and a duration time of an individual channel for substantially all of said plurality of digital channels on an individual basis and a sequence diagram of said current transition data.