Patent ID: 7096078

Claim:
A method for configuring, via a computer having a display device and an input device, a function block associated with a process plant, the method comprising: displaying on the display device a matrix associated with a function block output of a function block, the matrix to configure the function block output, wherein the matrix comprises a plurality of cells, wherein each cell of the plurality of cells corresponds to (1) a variable of a plurality of variables associated with an input of a Boolean logic operation and (2) a further variable associated with an output of a Boolean logic operation; and receiving configuration data entered into at least some of the plurality of cells via the input device, wherein the configuration data includes data indicative of one of a plurality of Boolean logic functions to which the variable corresponding to a cell is an input, the combination of the configuration data entered into the plurality of cells defining the Boolean logic operation with respect to the manner in which the plurality of variables are combined to produce the further variable.