UNIVERSAL WEB-BASED REPROGRAMMING METHOD AND SYSTEM

摘要

A technique is disclosed for facilitating editing of editable code in an interface device or similar apparatus. Properties of device elements are enumerated by a general purpose engine resident on the interface device. The general purpose engine enumerates the properties in response to a query in a design-time environment. The device element includes a specific property type and editable code consistent with the property type. A server module on the device serves the editable code and an editing environment from the interface device to a configuration station. The code can be edited on the configuration station in the editing environment and restored to the interface device. The technique alleviates the need for separate editing software or storage of the editable code in any location other than on the interface device itself.

主权项

1. A configurable interface method comprising:
receiving in an industrial automation component a query from a browser running on a remote device, the query relating to determination of a property type of an object-oriented device element resident on the industrial automation component; and responding to the query with editable code of the object-oriented device element and interpretable code for editing the editable code, wherein the editable code is stored in the property type of the device element.