Configurable notifications about state changes of technical objects

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12124244-B2
Application number	US-202217677057-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 22, 2022
Priority date	Feb 23, 2021
Publication date	Oct 22, 2024
Grant date	Oct 22, 2024

Abstract

A control system for a technical plant, in particular a process or manufacturing plant, includes an operator station server and an operator station client, wherein the operator station server includes a computer implemented visualization service that transmits a plant mimic diagram to the operator station client that visually presents the plant mimic diagram to an operator of the control system, where a digital process image of the technical plant is implemented on the operator station server, the operator station server additionally enables the operator to continuously monitor a runtime operator specifiable state of an operator-specifiable measuring device of the technical plant, where the operator station server additionally notifies the operator of a state change of the measuring device, independently of a visual presentation of the plant mimic diagram, and where the measuring device state is obtainable from the digital process image of the technical plant implemented on the operator station server.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control system for a technical plant, the control system comprising:
at least one operator station server directly connected to a terminal bus and directly connected to a plant bus; and
an operator station client directly connected to the terminal bus;
wherein the at least one operator station server comprises a computer-implemented visualization service which is configured to transmit at least one plant mimic diagram to the operator station client;
wherein the at least one operator station client is further configured to visually present the at least one plant mimic diagram to an operator of the control system for operating and observing the technical plant;
wherein a digital image of the technical plant comprising a process image having process measurement values from an operator-specifiable measuring device of the technical plant is implemented on the operator station server;
wherein the operator station server is configured to enable the operator, via the at least one operator station client, to continuously monitor, during runtime, a state, specifiable by the operator during runtime of the technical plant, of an operator-specifiable measuring device of the technical plant;
wherein the operator station server is further configured to notify the operator, via the at least one operator station client, of a change in the state of the measuring device, independently of a visual presentation of the plant mimic diagram; and
wherein a state of the measuring device is obtainable from the digital image of the technical plant implemented on the operator station server.

2. The control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the operator station server is further configured to enable the operator, via the at least one operator station client, to continuously monitor a plurality of operator-specifiable states of a plurality of measuring devices of the technical plant; and
wherein the operator station server is further configured to notify the operator, via the at least one operator station client, of any change in the state of a measuring device, independently of a visual presentation of the plant mimic diagram.

3. The control system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the states of the plurality of measuring devices are each independently specifiable by the operator.

4. The control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the operator station server is further configured to store, in a user-specific memory, the state or states specified by the operator for continuous monitoring.

5. The control system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the operator station server is further configured to store the state or states specified by the operator for continuous monitoring in a user-specific memory.

6. The control system as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the operator station server is further configured to store the state or states specified by the operator for continuous monitoring in a user-specific memory.

7. The control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein whether the continuous monitoring of a state of a measuring device is to be active or inactive is specifiable by the operator.

8. The control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the operator station server is configured to transmit status information for visual display to the operator station client such that the transmitted status information indicates whether monitoring of a state of the measuring device is active for a particular measuring device of the technical plant.

9. The control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the control system is utilized to operate the technical plant.

10. The control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the technical plant comprises a process or manufacturing plant.

11. A method for setting up continuous monitoring of a state of a measuring device of a technical plant by a control system of the technical plant, the control system including at least one operator station server directly connected to a terminal bus and directly connected to a plant bus, and including an operator station client directly connected to the terminal bus, the method comprising:
a) transmitting a request from an operator of the technical plant to set up continuous monitoring by the at least one operator station client directly connected to the terminal bus and directly connected to the plant bus to the operator station server directly connected to the terminal bus, the operator specifying a measuring device of the technical plant and a state of the measuring device for which the monitoring is to be set up; and
b) setting-up continuous monitoring by the operator station server of the state of the measuring device of the technical plant as specified by the operator during runtime of the technical plant, the operator station server obtaining the state of the measuring device from a digital image of the technical plant implemented on the operator station server;
wherein the digital image of the technical plant comprises a process image having process measurement values from an operator-specifiable measuring device of the technical plant.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the operator transmits to the operator station server a request to set up continuous monitoring, by the at least one operator station client, of a plurality of states of a plurality of measuring devices; and
wherein the operator station server sets up the continuous monitoring of the plurality of states of the plurality of measuring devices of the technical plant as specified by the operator during runtime of the technical plant.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the states of the plurality of measuring devices are each specified independently of one another by the operator.

14. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the states of the plurality of measuring devices are each specified independently of one another by the operator.

15. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the operator station server stores the state or states that the operator has specified for continuous monitoring in a user-specific memory.

16. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the operator station server stores the state or states that the operator has specified for continuous monitoring in a user-specific memory.

17. The method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the operator station server stores the state or states that the operator has specified for continuous monitoring in a user-specific memory.

18. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the operator specifies whether the continuous monitoring of a state of a measuring device is to be active or inactive.

19. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the operator station server is configured to transmit status information for visual display to the operator station client such that the status information indicates whether monitoring of a state of the measuring device is active for a particular measuring device of the technical plant.

20. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the technical plant comprises a process or manufacturing plant.

Assignees

• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Lutz Benjamin

Classifications

• G05B2219/37591

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• G05B2219/31478

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