Abstract: A system software solution for controlling an enterprise which defines and illustrates the electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, logic, diagnostics, external behavior, controlled resources and safety elements of an enterprise control system. The elements of the control system are encapsulated in objects of an object-oriented framework within a control assembly. The control assembly is the fundamental building block for providing object-oriented control of the enterprise. A control assembly component is a deployable control subsystem that provides an interface using a common object model that is configurable. The enterprise control system is used to define user interfaces including sequence charts that are updated in a substantially realtime manner utilizing the control assemblies associated with the generated code for the enterprise control system.

Abstract: An embroidery machine for embroidering a predetermined pattern on fabric includes a sewing head, a cloth frame for supporting fabric to be embroidered with the predetermined pattern for movement relative to the sewing head, first and second drives for moving the cloth frame segmentally in first and second coordinate directions, respectively, and a sewing pattern memory for storing a plurality of signals each of which is representative of an incremental coordinatal displacement of the cloth frame corresponding to individual segments of the predetermined pattern to be embroidered. The embroidery machine further includes a control responsive to the plurality of signals from the sewing pattern memory for actuating the first and second drives and a scaler for modifying the size of the predetermined pattern by modifying the number of segments occasioned in the predetermined pattern by each of the plurality of signals.