Kenneth M Rowley

US Patent:

6813587, Nov 2, 2004

Filed:

Jun 24, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/179456

Inventors:

James P. McIntyre - Aliso Viejo CA
Kenneth Rowley - San Marcos CA
Derrick C. Jones - Santa Ana CA
Pankaj H. Mody - Laguna Niguel CA

Assignee:

Invensys Systems, Inc. - Foxboro MA

International Classification:

G06F 1132

US Classification:

702183, 714 25

Abstract:

A centralized diagnostics management tool is disclosed that facilitates centralized monitoring of distributed components of a supervisory process control and manufacturing information application. The centralized diagnostics management tool includes a diagnostics management console shell that is customized according to a set of software modules that interface to data sources to populate views supported by the console shell. The console shell includes a set of view templates including controls for manipulating graphically displayed representations of data rendered by the distributed components. The console shell also includes an interface for exchanging requests and data with an extensible set of software modules that provide data links to ones of the set of distributed components. The software modules also define the customizable portions of the view rendered by the console shell.