TOOL FOR CONFIGURING A FREELY PROGRAMMABLE CONTROL DEVICE

摘要

A method is disclosed for conditioning a tool for configuring a freely programmable control device for integrating intelligent field devices in a control or automation system having a flexibly expandable hardware structure, in which device-related information is visualized as objects of a branched tree structure. To improve user-friendliness, recording use of these objects by the user over the service life of the control or automation system allows for determining usage frequency. Objects with a high usage frequency which are subordinate to a hierarchically superordinate object are allocated to an object list assigned to the respective superordinate object. When using the hierarchically superordinate object, the object list containing the objects with a high usage frequency which are hierarchically subordinate to this superordinate object is displayed in the tool and offered to the user for selection.

主权项

1. A method for conditioning a tool for configuring a programmable control device for integrating intelligent field devices in a control or automation system having an expandable hardware structure, in which device-related information is hierarchically arranged and visualized as objects of a multi-branched tree structure, the method comprising:
recording, during use of the tool, use of objects by a user over a service life of the control or automation system; determining the usage frequency of individual objects of the control or automation system from the historical usage data; allocating objects with a high usage frequency, which are subordinate to a hierarchically superordinate object, to an object list which is assigned to a respective superordinate object; and when using a given hierarchically superordinate object, displaying the object list containing the objects with a high usage frequency which are hierarchically subordinate to the given hierarchically superordinate object in the tool, for access by the user for selection.