Patent Document ID: 9170573
Application ID: 14108899
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for updating tuning parameters of a controller using a development station that is separate from but in operative communication with the controller, said method comprising: compiling a set of controller instructions to generate a compiled controller code, the compiled controller code including a control algorithm to control a dynamic operating process, the complied controller code comprising one or more references to a pre-allocated memory space that stores a data set that is not compiled, the data set comprising one or more tuning parameters for tuning the control algorithm of the compiled controller code; generating the data set using the development station; transferring the generated data set from the development station to the pre-allocated memory space; controlling the dynamic operating process using the control algorithm of the compiled controller code referencing the one or more tuning parameters of the data set; updating one or more of the tuning parameters of the data set using the development station during a tuning process of the controller and transferring one or more of the updated tuning parameters from the development station to the pre-allocated memory space without altering said compiled controller code in order to tune said control algorithm of the controller without performing a recompilation of the compiled controller code; and controlling the dynamic operating process using the control algorithm of the compiled controller code referencing the one or more updated tuning parameters.