Apparatus and method for configurable process automation in...

Data processing: generic control systems or specific application – Generic control system – apparatus or process – Sequential or selective

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C700S005000, C700S011000, C700S018000, C700S019000, C709S221000, C709S222000, C709S228000, C710S008000, C710S010000, C717S121000, C717S127000, C718S001000, C718S100000

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ABSTRACT:
Phase function blocks are associated with a process for producing at least one product or part thereof. For example, a phase function block could reside in a recipe control module defining the process. Each phase function block can be executed to implement the process. A phase function block may acquire and initiate execution of a module providing control over a process element. The phase function block may also provide one or more first parameters to the module. The first parameters define how the module implements a portion of the process using the process element. In addition, the phase function block may retrieve one or more second parameters from the module. The second parameters are associated with results of the execution of the module. Multiple phase function blocks could be contained in multiple recipe control modules, which are distributed in multiple controllers in a hard real-time process control system.

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