Techniques for configuring layouts and display view hierarchies and presenting display views in an operating environment of a process plant according to the layouts and display view hierarchies include providing graphical user controls at a graphical display configuration application for defining a layout. The layouts indicate a manner in which divide one or several display screens into one or several display regions, where each display region presents a display view that includes indications of process control elements. The graphical display configuration application also includes graphical user controls for defining a display view hierarchy of the display views by assigning levels of detail to the display views and designating some of the display views as subviews of other display views. An operator application obtains the defined layout and display view hierarchy and presents the display views at an operator workstation according to the obtained layout and/or display view hierarchy.

Techniques for configuring and presenting multiple languages at a user interface executing in an operating environment of a process plant include configuring, in a configuration environment, a multi-language interface object to indicate a plurality of languages that may be presented at the user interface. The multi-language interface object includes a parameter whose value is changeable, within the operating environment, to indicate a desired language that is to be presented on the user interface. A configuration of the graphical display view that references the configured multi-language interface object is downloaded into the operating environment. Thus, during runtime, changes in the language utilized at the user interface are implemented without any additional downloads from or communications with the configuration environment. Independently selectable user controls may be provided to independently control the language utilized by fixtures of the user interface and the language in which graphical display view content is presented.

A system and method for monitoring operating conditions of an industrial installation system including a plurality industrial assets. A plurality of transponders or beacons is located in a facility or location, where each of the transponders defines a zone in which some of the industrial assets are located. One or more mobile devices is configured to identify assets located within one or more of the zones to provide information to a data acquisition and processing system, which monitors the operating conditions of each of the industrial assets. Each of the one or more mobile devices is authorized depending on a location within the facility, the identity of a user, or based on a time of day. Industrial assets that require support, such as maintenance or replacement, are identified. Authorized mobile devices are configured to transmit information to and to receive information from the data acquisition and processing system.

A method for controlling an automation system (1) comprising: rendering, by a processor, an image (16, 22, 40) from a three-dimensional scene representing at least part of the automation system (1) on the basis of position data and viewing direction data, displaying the image (16, 22, 40) on a display unit (10), wherein the automation system (1) comprises a plurality of components (2, 4, 18, 20), wherein a tree structure (24) is stored in a data memory in which nodes (28, 30, 32, 34) are assigned to the components (2, 4, 18, 20) of the automation system (1), is to process and display all details necessary for the tasks of controlling an automation system and on the other hand minimize the required computing capacity. For this purpose, a focus component is determined, and from the scene only those components (2, 4, 18, 20) of the part of the automation system (1) are loaded into the processor for rendering whose assigned nodes (28, 30, 32, 34) in the tree structure (24) have only a predetermined maximum distance from the node (28, 30, 32, 34) assigned to the focus component.

A trained machine learning algorithm processes time series production data. The time series production data are representative of a control process within a facility control loop. The machine learning training algorithm is trained using positive training data that are representative of a normal operation of components within the facility control loop and negative training data that are representative of an abnormal operation of components within the facility control loop. Output of the trained machine learning algorithm identifies abnormalities in the facility control loop.

An industrial machine management apparatus for managing multiple injection molding machines includes a management information calculating unit configured to calculate, based on information concerning production by each individual machine of the multiple injection molding machines which are classified into at least one group according to predetermined criteria, a statistic of information concerning the overall production by the injection molding machine that belong to the group, as management information, and a display unit configured to display the management information of the group.

A management method for managing a production line including a plurality of steps includes carrying out a first displaying process and carrying out a second displaying process, wherein, among a first indicator group (I1), an indicator corresponding to a certain step functions as a GUI element configured to change a screen to be displayed on a display from a top screen (G1) to a second screen.

A monitoring system for a packaging machine comprises a plurality of functional units arranged to perform operations in sequence including to form or receive a package, fill the package with liquid or solid content and seal the package. The monitoring system comprises a plurality of signal inputs, each arranged to receive signals from respective functional units indicating status or measured values; a graphical user interface permitting interaction with an operator of the packaging machine; and a processor arranged to process received signals and control operation of the graphical user interface, wherein the processor is arranged to, from the signals, identify an event if any of the functional units is preventing any other functional unit in the sequence to operate, and upon any such identified event, enable the graphical user interface to provide an indication thereupon in a displayed representation of the functional units of the packaging machine.

An embodiment of this disclosure provides a method for presentation of system alarms. The method includes obtaining information associated with a plurality of sections in an industrial process control and automation system. The information includes, for each section of the plurality of sections, an operating status, an alarm status, and a location within the system. The method also includes displaying a dashboard including the plurality of sections in a hierarchical format. The method also includes, for each of the plurality of sections, displaying an icon for the section and displaying visual indicators for the alarm status of the section and the operating status of the section.

A configuration element is presented on a configuration display view for configuring a graphic element object. The graphic element object is to be instantiated on a process control display view, and corresponds to a process entity in a process plant. The configuration element object has a set of properties for an attributed of the graphic element object and includes a link to a configuration display object from which the configuration display view is instantiated. The instantiation of the configuration element object includes a visual representation of the set of properties for the attribute of the graphic element object, and a link to the graphic element object to send data corresponding to a property configured in the configuration element from the set of properties. The configured property corresponds to at least one configured attribute of the graphic element.