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US 2022/0150725 A1Published application
Control system and control apparatus
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsAkihiro ISHIMURA, Kojiro BABA
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Abstract
A control system includes a control apparatus functioning as a master, and plural slaves which are network-connected to the control apparatus. The slaves each have identification information. The control apparatus executes a first instruction to set specified identification information to each of one or more specified slaves.
Claims18
A control system, comprising:
- a control apparatus functioning as a master;
- and
- a plurality of slaves which are network-connected to the control apparatus, wherein
- the plurality of slaves each have identification information, and
- the control apparatus is configured to execute a first instruction, in which any one of the plurality of slaves is specified as a reference slave, to set specified identification information to specified other slave, the specified other slave being a slave other than the slave being specified as the reference slave.
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A control apparatus functioning as a master, the control apparatus comprising:
- a controller configured to network-connect the control apparatus to a plurality of slaves, the plurality of slaves each having identification information;
- and
- a first module configured to execute a first instruction, in which any one of the plurality of slaves is specified as a reference slave, to set specified identification information to specified other slave, the specified other slave being a slave other than the slave being specified as the reference slave.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.