Control system including controller and field devices
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorYuuichi Hagino
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Abstract
A control system having improved maintainability and operability is provided. To this end, in a control system comprising a plurality of field devices distributed in equipment and a controlling input/output device, and a host controller connected to the plurality of field devices via a transmission line and controlling the field devices, the field devices and the host controller constituting a network in the equipment for control of the equipment, the control system further comprises a plurality of connectors for connecting the plurality of field devices to the transmission line, the connectors having network IDs representing respective connected positions to the network, and a node address creating unit for generating node addresses based on the network IDs.
Claims6
A control system comprising a plurality of field devices distributed in equipment and controlling input/output means, and a host controller connected to said plurality of field devices via a transmission line and controlling said field devices, said field devices and said host controller constituting a network in said equipment for control of said equipment, said control system further comprising:
- a plurality of connectors for connecting said plurality of field devices to said transmission line, said connectors having network IDs representing respective connected positions to said network;
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- node address creating means for generating node addresses based on the network IDs;
- wherein said connector includes a switch group corresponding with the network ID;
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- said node address creating means reads on/off status of said switch group and creates the node address.
A startup method for a control system comprising a plurality of field devices for controlling input/output means;
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- a host controller connected to said plurality of field devices via a transmission line and controlling said field devices,
- said plurality of field devices and said host controller constituting a network, said startup method comprising the steps of:
- broadcasting, from each of said field devices, its own node address over said network;
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- comparing, in each of the other field devices, the received node address with its own node address, and, if both the compared node addresses are the same, transmitting a signal indicating an abnormal condition to the same node address,
- wherein the field device having transmitted the signal indicating an abnormal condition and the field device having received the signal indicating an abnormal condition each provide an indication of node address overlap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.