Program flow control monitoring routines, related methods and systems

摘要

The present disclosure relates to program flow control monitoring routines. In one embodiment, a process control apparatus is provided with a plurality of modules associated with control and/or monitoring of a given plant. Program flow control monitoring routines are provided to monitor the various modules.

主权项

1. A process plant monitoring and/or control apparatus, comprising:
a controller configured to receive at least one input and to generate at least one output; a computer readable medium for storing at least one module; said controller is further configured to execute said module to effectuate monitoring and/or control functionality within a process; a module registration routine stored on said computer readable medium that, when executed, dynamically, at system run time, registers and unregisters modules for monitoring in accordance with a user input; and a program flow control monitoring routine stored on said computer readable medium, said program flow control monitoring routine, when executed detects any error related to said module and provides a time-stamp indication of when any error is detected, said program flow control monitoring routine comprises an interface routine that is executed when any module error is detected and initiates a plant specific alert and/or action.