Conveying device with configuration change

A method for controlling a conveying device for conveying objects, said conveying device comprising:

• a plurality of conveyor segments, each conveyor segment having a conveyor drive and a control unit with a microprocessor for controlling the conveyor drive;
• and
• a bus communication to which the control units are connected,
• said method comprising the steps of:
• storing a first control configuration in a first electronic memory connected in the control unit to the microprocessor;
• storing one or more second control configurations different from the first in a second electronic memory in the control unit;
• processing control signals in the microprocessor and controlling a conveyor drive according to the control configuration, in a first operating mode;
• receiving and processing a configuration change command received as a signal from a manual user interface connected to the microprocessor;
• loading the second control configuration different from the first from the second memory into the first memory, wherein the second control configuration different from the first may be used to replace the first control configuration, and
• processing control signals in the microprocessor and controlling a conveyor drive according to the second control configuration different from the first, in a second operating mode.

A conveying device for conveying objects comprising:

• a plurality of conveyor segments, each conveyor segment having a conveyor drive and a control unit for controlling the conveyor drive;
• and
• a bus communication,
• wherein each control unit is integrated into the bus communication to send and/or to receive control signals via bus communication, and
• wherein each control unit comprises:
• a microprocessor for processing control signals;
• a first electronic memory connected to the microprocessor, in which a first control configuration is stored, wherein the first control configuration includes a first bus protocol for configuring the data communication via the bus communication;
• a second electronic memory, in which a second control configuration different from the first control configuration are stored, wherein the second control configuration different from the first includes a second bus protocol different from the first bus protocol for configuring the data communication via the bus communication;
• and
• a manual user interface connected to the microprocessor;
• wherein the microprocessor is adapted:
• to control the conveyor drive in a first operating mode with the control configuration stored in the first memory;
• to load the second control configuration different from the first from the second memory into the first memory when a configuration change command is received;
• and
• to control the conveyor drive in a second operating mode with the second control configuration different from the first.