Remote object data property replication method and system

摘要

In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes designating a visual representation of an object in a display screen of a human machine interface, accessing any properties, connections, and text associated with the object in response to a trigger event, and creating an identical copy in response to the trigger event, wherein the identical copy includes any properties, connections and text associated with the object. An interface system that includes a machine readable medium having programming code implementing the method. An industrial automation device is also provided.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
storing a program object correlating a parameter of an industrial automation device, the object being configured to perform a function to monitor and/or control an industrial automation system, wherein storing the object comprises bundling the object; designating a visual representation of the object in a display screen of a workstation remote from the industrial automation device, wherein the visual representation is within a browser operative on the workstation, the browser not having information necessary to copy the object; accessing from the industrial automation device at least one of properties, connections, and text associated with the object in response to a trigger event originating from the remote workstation; generating an entity based upon the bundled object, wherein the entity is not itself usable as an object; and creating, via the entity, a copy of the object that includes the at least one of properties, connections and text associated with the object; wherein the method comprises transferring only data needed to create the visual representation to the remote workstation prior to creating the copy of the object.