Monitoring Screen Template Generation From Control Unit Configuration
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing techniques for creating monitoring screens in control systems require significant workload due to the need for extracting apparatus information from upstream designs, which can be time-consuming and labor-intensive.
Innovation Solution
A screen data generating system that includes a generation device and a server, where the server acquires device identification and unit configuration information from control devices, and uses this information to generate screen data from templates, simplifying the creation of monitoring screens.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If monitoring screens are created manually by extracting apparatus information from upstream designs, then the monitoring screen can be customized and configured, but the work load and time required for preparation increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically extracting apparatus information from upstream designs and pre-configuring screen data templates before the actual monitoring screen creation process. This automation of preparatory work reduces both the manual workload and time required for monitoring screen preparation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates monitoring screens by copying and reusing standardized screen data templates that are automatically populated with apparatus information extracted from upstream designs. This template-based copying approach eliminates the need to manually create each monitoring screen from scratch, significantly reducing preparation time and workload.
2Measurement precision
If apparatus information is extracted from upstream designs, then the monitoring screen can be configured with accurate data, but the complexity of the preparation process increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary automated extraction process that bridges upstream designs and monitoring screen configuration. This intermediary automatically extracts and validates apparatus information, ensuring accuracy while simplifying the overall preparation process by eliminating manual extraction steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by allowing the monitoring screen preparation process to automatically extract and configure apparatus information from upstream designs without requiring manual intervention. This self-configuration capability maintains data accuracy while reducing process complexity.
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AI summary
A screen data generating system (100) includes: a generation device (10) to generate screen data for displaying a monitoring screen (101) used for monitoring an operating state of a control device (30) that controls an apparatus (40); and a server (20) to acquire, from the control device (30), device identification information for identifying the control device (30) and unit configuration information about a unit included in the control device (30) to provide the acquired device identification information and the acquired unit configuration information. The generation device (10) includes a template storage to store multiple templates of the screen data, and generates, from a template including the unit configuration information provided by the server (20), the screen data relating to the control device indicated by the device identification information provided by the server (20).