Safety device configuration cloning

A method operable by a safety sensor, the safety sensor configured to perform a safety feature based on one or more sensor parameters, the method comprising:

• accessing a memory card, the card having stored thereon a parameter set, and a flag indicative of whether the parameter set is unique to the safety sensor;
• determining, based on the flag, whether the parameter set is unique to the safety sensor or not;
• when the parameter set is determined not to be unique to the safety sensor based on the flag, the method further comprising:
• determining that a password stored on the card matches a sensor password of the safety sensor;
• and
• in response to the password stored on the card matching the sensor password, writing a sensor serial number of the safety sensor onto the card, and
• when the parameter set is determined to be unique to the safety sensor based on the flag, the method further comprising:
• determining that information in the flag corresponds to a sensor serial number of the safety sensor;
• and
• in response to the information in the flag corresponding to the sensor serial number, configuring the safety sensor to perform the safety feature based on the parameter set.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, cause at least one computing device to:

• access a memory card, the card having stored thereon a parameter set, and a flag indicative of whether the parameter set is unique to a safety sensor;
• determine, based on the flag, whether the parameter set is unique to the safety sensor or not;
• when the at least one computing device determines that the parameter set is not unique to the safety sensor, execution of the instructions further causes the at least one computing device to:
• determine whether a password stored on the card matches a sensor password of the safety sensor;
• and
• in response to the password stored on the card matching the sensor password, write a sensor serial number of the safety sensor onto the card, and
• when the at least one computing device determines that the parameter set is unique to the safety sensor, the execution of the instructions further causes the at least one computing device to:
• determine whether information in the flag corresponds to a sensor serial number of the safety sensor;
• and
• in response to the information in the flag corresponding to the sensor serial number, configure the safety sensor to perform a safety feature based on the parameter set.