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US 2020/0192302 A1Published application
Control system, and control method
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsShigenori SAWADA, Yasuo MUNETA
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Abstract
This control system is provided with a plurality of slave devices and controllers. The controller is connected to one end of a field bus which includes the plurality of slave devices that is linearly connected, and the controller is connected to the other end of the field bus through a communication cable. The controllers are provided with a CPU and a transception part. One of the controllers generates a control frame with the CPU and transmits this from the transception part, and the other of the controllers performs a loop communication of the control frame by the transception part.
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A control system comprising:
- a field bus to which slave devices are linearly connected through a communication cable;
- a first controller which is connected to one end of the field bus;
- a second controller which is connected to the other end of the field bus;
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- a data communication network that connects the first controller and the second controller without going through the slave devices,
- wherein each of the first controller and the second controller includes
- a control frame generation part which generates a control frame to be provided to the slave devices, and
- a transception part which transmits and receives the control frame to and from the slave devices, and
- one of the first controller and the second controller generates the control frame by the control frame generation part, transmits the generated control frame from the transception part, and the other one performs loopback communication of the control frame by the transception part,
- when the first controller generates and transmits the control frame and the second controller performs the loopback communication of the control frame, the second controller transmits an operation confirmation signal to the first controller through the data communication network, and starts generation and transmission of the control frame when a response signal to the operation confirmation signal is not able to be received.
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A control method comprising:
- connecting a first controller to one end of a field bus to which slave devices are linearly connected through a communication cable;
- connecting a second controller to the other end of the field bus;
- connecting the first controller and the second controller by a data communication network without going through the slave devices,
- the first controller generates a control frame that is provided to the slave devices, and transmits the control frame to the slave devices, and
- the second controller transmits an operation confirmation signal to the first controller through the data communication network while performing loopback communication of the control frame, and generates and transmits the control frame to the slave devices when a response signal to the operation confirmation signal is not able to be received.
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A control system comprising:
- a field bus to which slave devices are linearly connected through a communication cable;
- a first controller which is connected to one end of the field bus;
- a second controller which is connected to the other end of the field bus;
- a data communication network that connects the first controller and the second controller without going through the slave devices;
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- a user interface device which is connected to the data communication network and receives an operation input of switching of control between the first controller and the second controller,
- wherein each of the first controller and the second controller includes
- a control frame generation part which generates a control frame to be provided to the slave devices, and
- a transception part which transmits and receives the control frame to and from the slave devices, and
- one of the first controller and the second controller generates the control frame by the control frame generation part, transmits the generated control frame from the transception part, and the other one performs loopback communication of the control frame by the transception part, and
- when the first controller generates and transmits the control frame and the second controller performs loopback communication of the control frame, the first controller stops generation and transmission of the control frame and starts the loopback communication of the control frame when receiving a command for the switching of the control from the user interface device, and the second controller stops the loopback communication of the control frame and starts the generation and the transmission of the control frame when receiving a command for the switching of the control from the user interface device.
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