Abstract: A design support device includes a project data storage unit, a specification data storage unit, and a device profile generation unit. The project data storage unit stores project data including device information and monitoring information about a monitoring item, linked to the device information, the project data having information necessary for controlling a device. The specification data storage unit stores specification data in which a specification serving as a design guideline of a device profile is defined and an operated monitoring item name defined by a first calculation formula is included. Based on the project data, a device profile is generated, which include: device-monitoring item information having the monitoring information; and operation information by which a second calculation formula obtained from the first calculation formula using the monitoring item is associated with a label attached to a result of operation of the second calculation formula.

Abstract: An FA-device-configuration-design supporting apparatus that performs editing of a profile including individual identification information and a definition of setting of an FA device and a setting range of the setting includes a profile storing unit that stores the profile, a user-specific-information-region securing function for securing, for the profile in the profile storing unit, a write-content input region in which a setting value specific to a user can be written concerning content defined in the profile, a user-specific-information writing function for writing, in the write-content input region, the content defined by the profile edited by a first user, and a user-specific-information saving function for saving, as a user-defined profile, in the profile storing unit, the profile including the content input to the write-content input region.

Abstract: An FA-device-configuration-design supporting apparatus that performs editing of a profile including individual identification information and a definition of setting of an FA device and a setting range of the setting includes a profile storing unit that stores the profile, a user-specific-information-region securing function for securing, for the profile in the profile storing unit, a write-content input region in which a setting value specific to a user can be written concerning content defined in the profile, a user-specific-information writing function for writing, in the write-content input region, the content defined by the profile edited by a first user, and a user-specific-information saving function for saving, as a user-defined profile, in the profile storing unit, the profile including the content input to the write-content input region.