Control device with attribute setting for industrial machine, attribute setting system for control device for industrial machine, method of setting control device with attributes for industrial machine, and information storage medium for setting a control device with attributes

A setting system for a motor controller comprising:

• the motor controller configured to control a motor and store variable data units,
• a setting terminal configured to display a user interface that receives a designation of an attribute of each of the variable data units from a user,
• wherein each of the variable data units are referred to or changed by a motor control program that is executed by the motor controller,
• wherein the user operates the setting terminal to create the motor control program;
• wherein the attribute indicates whether the variable data unit is to be held when the power supply is off,
• the motor controller including a plurality of memories including a first memory configured to hold data when a power supply is off and a volatile second memory,
• the setting system comprising circuitry configured to:
• set, in each of the variable data units, the attribute based on the designation in the user interface of the setting terminal;
• set an address of each variable data unit such that each variable data unit is stored in one of the plurality of memories corresponding to the attribute.

A setting method for a motor controller configured to control a motor and store variable data units, and a setting terminal configured to display a user interface, the motor controller including a plurality of memories including a first memory configured to hold data when a power supply is off and a volatile second memory, the setting method comprising:

• receiving a designation of an attribute of each of the variable data units from a user on the user interface of the setting terminal,
• wherein each of the variable data units are referred to or changed by a motor control program that is executed by the motor controller,
• wherein the user operates the setting terminal to create the motor control program;
• wherein the attribute indicates whether the variable data unit is to be held when the power supply is off,
• setting, in each of a plurality of the variable data units, the attribute based on the designation in the user interface of the setting terminal;
• setting an address of each variable data unit such that each variable data unit is stored in one of the plurality of memories corresponding to the attribute;
• setting, in each variable data unit, a virtual address and a physical address of one of the plurality of memories corresponding to the attribute,
• recording conversion data of the virtual address and the physical address of each variable data unit, and
• setting the virtual address of each variable data unit such that the variable data units in which the set attribute indicates that the variable data unit is to be held when the power supply is off and the variable data units in which the set attribute indicates that the variable data unit is inhibited from being held when the power supply is off, are in series.

A non-transitory computer readable information storage medium storing a program for causing a motor controller configured to control a motor and store variable data units, or for causing a setting terminal for the motor controller, the motor controller including a plurality of memories including a first memory configured to hold data when a power supply is off and a volatile second memory, to:

• display, in the setting terminal, a user interface that receives a designation of an attribute of each of the variable data units from a user,
• wherein each of the variable data units are referred to or changed by a motor control program that is executed by the motor controller,
• wherein the user operates the setting terminal to create the motor control program;
• wherein the attribute indicates whether the variable data unit is to be held when the power supply is off,
• set, in each of the variable data units, the attribute based on the designation in the user interface of the setting terminal;
• set an address of each variable data unit such that each variable data unit is stored in one of the plurality of memories corresponding to the attribute;
• set, in each variable data unit, a virtual address and a physical address of one of the plurality of memories corresponding to the attribute,
• record conversion data of the virtual address and the physical address of each variable data unit, and
• set the virtual address of each variable data unit such that the variable data units in which the set attribute indicates that the variable data unit is to be held when the power supply is off and the variable data units in which the set attribute indicates that the variable data unit is inhibited from being held when the power supply is off, are in series.