Conveying device with configuration change

A conveying device for conveying objects such as containers or parcels, comprising:

• a plurality of conveyor segments, each conveyor segment having a conveyor drive and a control unit for controlling the conveyor drive;
• and
• a bus communication,
• wherein each control unit is integrated into the bus communication to send and/or to receive control signals via bus communication, and
• wherein each control unit comprises:
• a microprocessor for processing control signals;
• a first electronic memory connected to the microprocessor, in which a first control configuration is stored;
• and
• a second electronic memory, in which a second control configuration different from the first and preferably a plurality of control configurations different from the first is/are stored;
• wherein the microprocessor is adapted:
• to control the conveyor drive in a first operating mode with the control configuration stored in the first memory;
• to load the second or any control configuration different from the first from the second memory into the first memory when a configuration change command is received;
• and after that
• to control the conveyor drive in a second operating mode with the second or any control configuration different from the first.

A method for controlling a conveying device for conveying objects such as containers or parcels, said conveying device comprising:

• a plurality of conveyor segments, each conveyor segment having a conveyor drive and a control unit with a microprocessor for controlling the conveyor drive;
• and
• a bus communication to which the control units are connected,
• said method comprising the steps of:
• storing a first control configuration in a first electronic memory connected in the control unit to the microprocessor;
• storing one or more second control configurations different from the first in a second electronic memory in the control unit;
• processing control signals in the microprocessor and controlling a conveyor drive according to the control configuration, in a first operating mode;
• receiving a configuration change command;
• loading the second or other control configuration different from the first from the second memory into the first memory, wherein the second or other control configuration different from the first may be used to replace the first control configuration, and after that
• processing control signals in the microprocessor and controlling a conveyor drive according to the second or other control configuration different from the first, in a second operating mode.