Control device
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorIwao Makino
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Abstract
A control device having the function of creating new setting parameters, which are candidates of a parameter to be applied when updating old software to new software, is provided with a software information storage unit, a recommended parameter creating unit, and a parameter storage unit, wherein the software information storage unit acquires and stores, from a storage medium, new software including new item information and candidate value information relating to the parameter, the recommended parameter creating unit creates new recommended parameters on the basis of the new item information and the candidate value information, and the parameter storage unit stores one of the new recommended parameters selected by an operator as a new setting parameter.
Claims4
A control device having a function of creating parameters for controlling an operation of a device and creating new setting parameters that are candidates of a parameter to be applied to new software when old software is updated to the new software, comprising a processor configured to:
- acquire from a storage medium and store the new software including new item information and candidate value information,
- create new recommended parameters based on the new item information and the candidate value information,
- store one of the new recommended parameters selected by an operator from all the new recommended parameters as the new setting parameter, and
- control the operation of the device in accordance with the new setting parameter selected by the operator for the new software,
- wherein in response to an input made by the operator, the processor changes and stores the new item information and the candidate value information.
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