Industrial controller apparatus capable of low error, ultra high-speed serial communication and method for driving same

An industrial controller device, that is, at least one remote device, controlled by a host device, comprising:

• a control unit configured to extract a control message from a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) of a downlink transmission frame in which Protocol Control Information (PCI) including at least one of unicast information, multicast information and broadcast information having an ID of a specific remote device has been combined with the PDU, to generate control signals capable of driving sensors or drive elements in response to the extracted control message, to internally generate an uplink transmission frame by combining PCI, including unicast information corresponding to an ID of the host device, with a PDU based on state information related to an operating state of the sensors or the drive elements, and to output the generated uplink transmission frame;
• a first optical transmission/reception unit configured to externally send or receive the uplink or downlink transmission frame;
• a second optical transmission/reception unit configured to comprise at least one port and externally send or receive the uplink or downlink transmission frame;
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• a switching unit configured to output the downlink transmission frame to the second optical transmission/reception unit or transfer the downlink transmission frame to the control unit depending on whether or not PCI of the downlink transmission frame received from the first optical transmission/reception unit corresponds to the ID of the industrial controller device, to transfer the uplink transmission frame externally received from the second optical transmission/reception unit to the first optical transmission/reception unit, to transfer the uplink transmission frame received from the control unit to the first optical transmission/reception unit, and to transfer the downlink transmission frame received from the control unit to the second optical transmission/reception unit.

An industrial controller device, that is, at least one remote device, controlled by a host device, comprising:

• a first optical transmission/reception unit configured to externally receive a downlink transmission frame in which Protocol Control Information (PCI) including at least one of unicast information and multicast/broadcast information having an ID of a specific remote device is combined with a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) and sending an uplink transmission frame;
• a second optical transmission/reception unit configured to externally receive an uplink transmission frame, and to send a downlink transmission frame;
• a control unit configured to extract a control message from the PDU within the downlink transmission frame received from the first optical transmission/reception unit, to generate control signals capable of driving sensors or drive elements in response to the extracted control message, and to internally generate an uplink transmission frame by combining PCI, including unicast information corresponding to an ID of the host device, with a PDU according to state information related to an operating state of the sensors or the drive elements;
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• a switching unit configured to transfer the downlink transmission frame to at least one of the control unit and the second optical transmission/reception unit depending on whether or not the PCI of the received downlink transmission frame corresponds to an ID of the industrial controller device, and to sequentially transfer the uplink transmission frames received from the second optical transmission/reception unit and the control unit to the first optical transmission/reception unit.

A method of driving an industrial controller device, that is, at least one remote device, controlled by a host device, the method comprising:

• externally receiving a downlink transmission frame generated by combining Protocol Control Information (PCI), including at least one of unicast information, multicast information and broadcast information having an ID of a specific remote device, with a PDU;
• analyzing whether or not the PCI of the received downlink transmission frame corresponds to the industrial controller device;
• resending the downlink transmission frame downward or capturing the downlink transmission frame in order to parse the PDU depending on whether or not the PCI corresponds to the industrial controller device;
• extracting the PDU by parsing the downlink transmission frame;
• extracting a control message from the extracted PDU, and generating control signals capable of driving sensors or drive elements in response to the control message;
• generating an uplink transmission frame by combining PCI, including unicast information corresponding to an ID of the host device, with a PDU including state information related to an operating state of the sensors or the drive elements;
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• sending the generated uplink transmission frame or an externally received uplink transmission frame upward.