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A system software solution for controlling an enterprise which defines and illustrates the electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, logic, diagnostics, external behavior, controlled resources and safety elements of an enterprise control system. The elements of the control system are encapsulated in objects

A system software solution for controlling an enterprise which defines and illustrates the electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, logic, diagnostics, external behavior, controlled resources and safety elements of an enterprise control system. The elements of the control system are encapsulated in objects of an object-oriented framework within a control assembly. The control assembly is the fundamental building block for providing object-oriented control of the enterprise. A control assembly component is a deployable control subsystem that provides an interface using a common object model that is configurable. The enterprise control system is used to define user interfaces including sequence charts that are updated in a substantially realtime manner utilizing the control assemblies associated with the generated code for the enterprise control system.

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[ Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:] [1.] A method of enabling a computer having a display and operating under control of an object oriented framework, including one or more control assemblies, to control an enterprise comprising th

[ Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:] [1.] A method of enabling a computer having a display and operating under control of an object oriented framework, including one or more control assemblies, to control an enterprise comprising the steps of:a) defining one or more user interfaces and one or more sequence charts by associating one or more control assemblies in a sequenced manner on a display;b) generating a control code based on the sequence chart and the one ore more control assemblies;c) initiating the enterprise control under the direction of the generated control code;d) detecting a control assembly status based on the current status of the enterprise control; ande) updating the sequence chart and the user interface on the display based on the enterprise status;wherein a timing diagram of the enterprise is updated to reflect the current status of the enterprise.