A system and method of configuring monitor blocks and effect blocks associated with a process control system for a process plant includes causing a display device to display a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface indicating a first monitor block, a second monitor block, and an effect block. The system and method further includes enabling a user to input configuration data via the input device, including: (i) configuring one of the outputs of the first monitor block to serve as one of the inputs of the second monitor block, (ii) configuring an additional one of the outputs of the first monitor block and one of the outputs of the second monitor block to serve as inputs to the effect block, and (iii) designating at least one of the plurality of cells of each of the first monitor block, the second monitor block, and the effect block as a trigger associated with the respective input/output pair for the respective cell and corresponding to a condition in the process plant.

One example aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a method for implementing modularized logic. The method includes accessing, by one or more processors, control software implemented on a controller to control operation of an aircraft engine. The method includes accessing, by the one or more processors, at least one of a plurality of propeller configuration parameters. The method includes modifying, by the one or more processors, the accessed at least one of the propeller configuration parameters independently of the control software.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method comprising receiving a task set comprising multiple tasks, receiving operational information identifying one or more operating characteristics of multiple drones, and obtaining an initial heuristic ordering of the multiple tasks based on the operational information and the climate information. Each task has a corresponding task location. The method further comprises scheduling the multiple tasks to obtain a final ordering of the multiple tasks. The final ordering represents an order in which the multiple tasks are scheduled, and the final ordering may be different from the initial heuristic ordering.

A control device includes a first processing unit and a second processing unit. One processing unit of the first processing unit and the second processing unit is configured to retain a predetermined variable available in both a calculation by the first processing unit and a calculation by the second processing unit, and the other processing unit of the first processing unit and the second processing unit is configured to access the predetermined variable via the one processing unit.

A system and method for visualizing safety events within a process plant includes accessing a cause and effect matrix (CEM) having a set of causes and a set of effects, wherein the set of causes and the set of effects are representative of a set of monitored safety events within the process plant. The system and method further includes receiving a selection of a monitored safety event of the set of monitored safety events. The system and method may also include displaying, in a user interface, (i) an indication of the monitored safety event, and (ii) a current status of the monitored safety event. The system and method may also include detecting a change in status to the monitored safety event. Further, the system and method may include displaying, in the user interface, an updated status of the monitored safety event according to the change in status.

An automatic generation of washing programs for an automatic vehicle washing installation is provided. For this purpose, a washing program generator with a washing program generation unit is provided. This includes an input interface for reading-in an equipment data set which represents how the washing installation is currently equipped with machine components, a processor unit for computation of a group of function blocks based on the equipment data set read-in via the input interface, a user interface which is intended for outputting the group of function blocks computed by the processor unit and is intended for detection of a selection of the output function blocks, wherein the processor unit is further intended to compute a washing program based on the detected selected function blocks for operation of the washing installation.