Patent ID: 8788072

Claim:
A method for altering the behavior of a networked control system, which comprises several devices, wherein the method comprises the steps of selecting an abstract control logic program from a list of several abstract control logic programs, transmitting a message for requesting replies from devices, waiting for receiving a reply from at least one device, displaying the profile of at least one device of the devices from which replies were received, waiting for a selection of at least one device from the displayed profiles, generating code establishing the behavior of the selected abstract control logic program for the selected one or more devices, and uploading the generated code to one or more devices in the networked control system such that the selected devices will behave according to the selected abstract control logic program, wherein the step of selecting an abstract control logic program comprises displaying the list of several abstract control logic programs as text, animations, and/or icons on a graphical user interface, wherein each icon indicates type and properties of the device with a profile corresponding to the abstract control logic program indicated by the icon.