Patent ID: 6857474

Claim:
A system for controlling and monitoring a reciprocal pump ( 110 ) producing hydrocarbons from a wellbore extending from the surface into the subterranean, the system comprising: (A) a data gathering system to generate a signal representative of a surface operating characteristic of the pumping system; (B) a processor ( 130 ) in communication with the data gathering system, wherein the processor includes software that when executed utilizes the signal representative of the operating characteristic to determine a surface card, to determine a downhole card, and to generate a graphics signal ( 131 ) representative of at least one card of the surface card and the downhole card, and wherein the processor further comprises software that utilizes said least one card for generating a pump control signal ( 132 ); and (C) a permanently installed output system ( 140 ) at said processor and in communication with the processor, which upon receipt of the graphics signal from the processor provides a viewable graphical representation of said surface card and said downhole card on a regular and on-going basis as part of the normal operations of the system, wherein for the viewable graphical representation an axis on the surface card representing position is at a same scale as an axis on the downhole card representing position.