The design of soft controls involves understanding the control characteristic of process components, identifying the cognitive tasks involved in executing control actions and then selecting the appropriate process information required to support operators in performing these tasks. Based on this analysis, soft control windows should be designed to include physical and functional support information, control preconditions and the alarm state of all indications. This information should be integrated with the current state of the equipment and its associated control mechanisms.
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