User interface standards for control system design applications

Author

Barker, H.A. ; Chen, M. ; Harvey, I.T. ; Grant, P.W. ; Jobling, C.P. ; Parkman, A. ; Townsend, P.

Author_Institution

Univ. Coll. of Swansea, UK

fYear

1989

fDate

32858

Firstpage

86

Lastpage

93

Abstract

Aspects of the design and specification of a generic graphical user interface for control system design and the emerging standards for user interface implementation that underlie it are discussed. The use of this interface in future design environments should permit the rapid development of novel design methods and at the same time, by enforcing a consistent look and feel across applications, make the transfer of new knowledge much simpler than is possible at present. A brief history of computer-aided control system design (CACSD) is given. Advantages of sophisticated graphical user interfaces and standards for user interface development are discussed. A description of how an existing CACSD package has been redesigned to take on board the latest user interface technology is included

Keywords

control system CAD; engineering graphics; standards; user interfaces; CACSD; control system CAD; design method development; generic graphical user interface; user interface standards; Application software; Computer graphics; Computer interfaces; Control systems; Design engineering; History; Packaging; Power engineering and energy; User interfaces; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer-Aided Control System Design, 1989., IEEE Control Systems Society Workshop on

Conference_Location

Tampa, FL

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CACSD.1989.69835

Filename

69835