DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT FOR A SAFETY RELAY CONFIGURATION SYSTEM

摘要

A safety relay configuration system for configuring safety functions to be carried out by a safety relay is provided. The configuration system comprises a number of features that facilitate intuitive and simplified configuration of an industrial safety relay, including but not limited to features that guide the user through the configuration process using an intuitive sequential procedure that provides feedback and prompts based on user interaction, enforce design consistency throughout the configuration project by intelligently limiting user selections, and visually organize configuration and status information in a manner that efficiently utilizes display space and allows the user to quickly evaluate available configuration options.

主权项

1. A system for configuring an industrial safety relay, comprising:
a memory that stores computer-executable components; and a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, that executes the computer-executable components, the computer-executable components comprising:
a configuration component configured to create a configuration program for a safety relay based on configuration input that manipulates one or more graphical function block elements; anda graphical interface component configured to receive the configuration input and to display the one or more graphical function block elements,wherein the graphical interface component is further configured to organize the one or more graphical function block elements into four columns of an editing window.