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AssigneeOcé Holding B.V.
InventorsChristoph Nemmaier, Martin Kropf
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A controller to control an apparatus (e.g. a printer) can include multiple secondary sub-controllers and a main sub-controller. Each of the secondary sub-controllers can have an operator process and one or more executable control processes. Each of the control processes can be configured to exchange data with one or more other of the control processes. The main sub-controller can be communicatively coupled to the secondary sub-controllers via a data network. Each of the main and secondary sub-controllers can include at least one processor and an operating system. The respective operator processes can be configured to communicate via the data network, and the control processes of each of the secondary sub-controllers can be configured such that the control processes communicate exclusively with the operator process of their respective secondary sub-controller to communicate via the data network.
A controller to control an apparatus, comprising:
A method for operation of a controller to control an apparatus, the controller including multiple sub-controllers connected via a data network, wherein each sub-controller includes at least one processor and an operating system, one of the sub-controllers being configured as a main sub-controller and the other sub-controllers being configured as secondary sub-controllers, the main sub-controller further including hierarchically arranged mediator processes that are each configured to mediate the exchange of data between the secondary sub-controllers, the method comprising:
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