Setting assistance device, control system, setting assistance method, and medium
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorsAkio Idehara, Kei Terada, Kengo Ibe
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Abstract
A setting assistance device assists in setting a controller to communicate with a control target device in constant cycles. The setting assistance device includes a receiver that receives, from a user, an indication of a feature of the controller, a cycle determiner that determines a communication cycle of the controller based on the indication received by the receiver, and a setter a that sets, for the controller, the communication cycle determined by the cycle determiner.
Claims5
A setting assistance device for assisting in setting a controller to communicate with a control target device in constant cycles, the setting assistance device comprising:
- a presenter to present, for a user to select from, a list of features affecting a communication cycle of the controller,
- a feature receiver to receive selection by the user with the list presented by the presenter as an indication of a feature of the controller;
- a cycle receiver to receive an indication of a specific communication cycle, the specific communication cycle being a communication cycle specified by the user;
- an automatic selector to automatically select a feature affecting the communication cycle of the controller without causing the communication cycle to exceed the specific communication cycle,
- a cycle determiner to calculate a time for the controller to perform the feature indicated by the indication of the feature received by the feature receiver and to determine a communication cycle of the controller based on the calculated time;
- a setter to set, for the controller, the communication cycle determined by the cycle determiner,
- wherein the list of features further includes an entry field to allow an input of the specific communication cycle, and
- the presenter presents, to the user, the list of features further including the feature selected automatically by the automatic selector.
A setting assistance method for assisting in setting a controller to communicate with a control target device in constant cycles, the method comprising:
- presenting, for a user to select from, a list of features affecting a communication cycle of the controller,
- receiving selection by the user with the presented list as an indication of a feature of the controller;
- receiving an indication of a specific communication cycle, the specific communication cycle being a communication cycle specified by the user;
- automatically selecting a feature affecting the communication cycle of the controller without causing the communication cycle to exceed the specific communication cycle,
- calculating a time for the controller to perform the feature indicated by the received indication of the feature;
- determining a communication cycle of the controller based on the calculated time;
- and
- setting the determined communication cycle for the controller,
- wherein the list of features further includes an entry field to allow an input of the specific communication cycle, and
- the presenting includes presenting, to the user, the list of features further including the feature selected automatically by the automatically selecting.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for assisting in setting a controller to communicate with a control target device in constant cycles, the program causing a computer to perform operations comprising:
- presenting, for a user to select from, a list of features affecting a communication cycle of the controller,
- receiving selection by the user with the presented list as an indication of a feature of the controller;
- receiving an indication of a specific communication cycle, the specific communication cycle being a communication cycle specified by the user;
- automatically selecting a feature affecting the communication cycle of the controller without causing the communication cycle to exceed the specific communication cycle,
- calculating a time for the controller to perform the feature indicated by the received indication of the feature;
- determining a communication cycle of the controller based on the calculated time;
- and
- setting the determined communication cycle for the controller,
- wherein the list of features further includes an entry field to allow an input of the specific communication cycle, and
- the presenting includes presenting, to the user, the list of features further including the feature selected automatically by the automatically selecting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.