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US 12,356,218 B2Granted
Control system and control apparatus
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsAkihiro Ishimura, Kojiro Baba
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Abstract
A control system includes a control apparatus functioning as a master, and plural slaves which are network-connected to the control apparatus. The slaves each have identification information. The control apparatus executes a first instruction to set specified identification information to each of one or more specified slaves.
Claims20
A control system, comprising:
- a control apparatus comprising a first hardware processor or first hardware controller functioning as a master;
- and
- a plurality of slaves which are network-connected to the control apparatus, each of the plurality of slaves comprising a second hardware processor or a second hardware controller,
- wherein:
- each of the plurality of slaves is configured to store identification information thereon, and
- the first hardware processor or the first hardware controller of the control apparatus is configured to execute a first instruction, in which first identification information indicating a reference slave among the plurality of slaves that has three or more ports connected to respective connection paths and a port name of the reference slave, and second identification information to be set for one or more target slaves other than the reference slave are specified, to set the second identification information for the one or more target slaves other than the reference slave among the plurality of slaves which is identified by the first identification information and the port name of the reference slave.
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A control apparatus functioning as a master, the control apparatus comprising:
- a first hardware processor or a first hardware controller configured to:
- network-connect the control apparatus to a plurality of slaves, each of the plurality of slaves comprising a second hardware processor or a second hardware controller being configured to store identification information thereon;
- and
- execute a first instruction, in which first identification information indicating a reference slave among the plurality of slaves that has three or more ports connected to respective connection paths and a port name of the reference slave, and second identification information to be set for one or more target slaves other than the reference slave are specified, to set the second identification information for the one or more target slaves other than the reference slave among the plurality of slaves which is identified by the first identification information and the port name of the reference slave.
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