Method of Digital Labeling Control System Terminals That Enables Guided Wiring
AssigneePassiveLogic, Inc.
InventorsTroy Aaron Harvey, Jeremy David Fillingim
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Abstract
Tools and techniques are described to create a controller wiring board. A user, using a user interface associated with a controller, can determine which devices will be attached to a controller. The features of the devices may be already known by the controller. The controller can change wiring terminal types depending on the requirements of the devices wired to the controllers. In some embodiments, a device is wired to a module associated with the controller. The controller can signal to the module to modify its wiring terminal to match the needs of the device to be wired to that location.
Claims20
A method of configuring a wiring panel for a controller, the method comprising:
- presenting, on a display, at least two module images, the at least two module images representing at least two modules operably connected to the controller;
- presenting, within the at least two module images, a plurality of point locations representing respective wiring terminals within a module of the at least two modules;
- presenting, on the display, a plurality of device types representing respective devices capable of being operably connected to their respective wiring terminals;
- and
- responsive to a device type of the plurality of device types being moved onto one of the plurality of point locations, causing the controller to associate a device of the respective devices with the respective wiring terminal.
A system for controller wiring board configuration, the system comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory in operable communication with the processor, software residing in the memory and executable with the processor to perform a method which:
- presents, on a display, at least two module images, the at least two module images representing at least two modules operably connected to a controller;
- presents, within the at least two module images, a plurality of point locations, each point location representing a wiring terminal within a module of the at least two modules within the controller;
- presents a plurality of device types representing respective devices capable of being operable connected to at least one of the wiring terminals;
- and
- responsive to a device type of the plurality of device types being moved onto one of the point locations of the plurality of point locations, causing the controller to associate a device with the one of the point locations.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium configured with executable instructions to perform a method for configuring a wiring panel for a controller, the method comprising:
- presenting, on a display associated with the controller, a module image representing a module operably connected to the controller;
- presenting, within the module image, a plurality of point locations, each point location representing a wiring terminal within the module of the controller;
- presenting on the display associated with the controller, a plurality of device types representing devices able to be wired to the wiring terminal through the controller;
- and
- responsive to a device type being moved onto at least one point location, causing the controller to associate one of the devices with the at least one point location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.