Control system for automatic warehousing facility

A control system for an automatic warehousing facility provided with:

• racks capable of storing goods in plural lots;
• an incoming and outgoing goods handling device for handling incoming goods to be stored in the racks and outgoing goods to be withdrawn from the racks;
• a control panel having means for effecting visual display on a screen;
• said control system comprising:
• control means for allowing said incoming and outgoing goods handling device to be automatically operated on the basis of input operation data on the storage and retrieval of goods, said control means being incorporated in said control panel;
• means for detecting any abnormality with the incoming and outgoing goods handling device and for outputting an abnormality code corresponding to the abnormality;
• means for storing data, in advance of occurrence of abnormalities, on the contents of each abnormality, cause, corrective measure and method of recovery for each abnormality code, said storing means being incorporated in said control panel;
• means for retrieving the data stored upon receipt of an abnormality code and for outputting data corresponding to the abnormality code to the screen display means and causing the data to be displayed, said retrieving means being incorporated in said control panel;
• and
• said control panel being disposed at an end of a travel zone allotted for said incoming and outgoing goods handling device.