Process control system using typical or adapter components

摘要

Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media are disclosed to enable a user to configure a process control system. A graphical user interface is described for generating coded native control components that are instantiated from typical and adapter components selected from a template library, including respective control functions and associated logical expressions. In various embodiments, typical components represent a common core control process or function that is shared by one or more plant controller devices in the process control system. In addition, different embodiments of the adapter components include one or more parameters that are changed by a user along with the logical expressions and / or fixed with respect to natural language expressions. As a result, the typical component and the adapter component are instantiated to provide a native control component that provides functionality with respect to one or more control loops within a process control system.