Configurable monitoring system for industrial process control

A data-centered architecture for an industrial process monitoring system (PMS) is proposed. In such a system, the elements of graphical user interface (GUI) can be used to simulate the working process of practical devices by their state data, because a change of devices’ state will cause some properties of graphic elements to vary. And by operating the graphic elements, the user can first handle the monitoring data, and then operate the devices indirectly since the changed monitoring data will be inputted into the devices, and ensure their control. A configurable platform, which consists of tools such as project manager, GUI developer, system builder, etc., is developed to customize a specific PMS for different types of devices. The procedure of configuring a specific PMS with the platform is detailed. Then, the reconstructing and working process of the specific PMS is described.