Electric-circuit board assembling line, electric-circuit board producing method and electric-circuit board assembling line controlling program

A method of assembling an electric-circuit board with an electric-circuit board assembling line including a plurality of electric-circuit-board-assembling-related apparatuses which include respective control devices independent of each other and which perform respective electric-circuit-board-assembling-related operations on a substrate board, for assembling of the electric-circuit board including the substrate board and at least one electric component mounted thereon, the method comprising the steps of:

• operating a first one of the respective control devices of the electric-circuit-board-assembling-related apparatuses as a first master control device, and operating a second one of said respective control devices as a first slave control device subject to the first master control device,
• subsequently operating the second control device as a second master control device, and operating the first control device as a second slave control device subject to the second master control device, and
• at least one of (a) operating each of the first and second master control devices to control the electric-circuit-board-assembling-related apparatus including a corresponding one of the first and second slave control devices, (b) supplying, from each of the first and second master control devices to a corresponding one of the first and second slave control devices, information about the electric-circuit board to be assembled, and (c) supplying, from each of the first and second slave control devices to a corresponding one of the first and second master control devices, information about a state of the electric-circuit-board-assembling-related apparatus including said each slave control device, so that said one master control device recognizes said state.

An electric-circuit board assembling line controlling program which is executed by a computer to control an electric-circuit board assembling line including a plurality of electric-circuit-board-assembling-related apparatuses which include respective control devices independent of each other and which perform respective electric-circuit-board-assembling-related operations on a substrate board, for assembling of an electric-circuit board including the substrate board and at least one electric component mounted thereon, the program comprising:

• a master-control-device operating portion for operating a first one of the respective control devices of the electric-circuit-board-assembling-related apparatuses, as a first master control device, and subsequently operating a second one of the respective control devices as a second master control device,
• a slave-control-device operating portion for operating the second control device as a first slave control device subject to the first master control device, and subsequently operating the first control device as a second slave control device subject to the second master control device, for at least one of (a) operating each of the first and second master control devices to control the electric-circuit-board-assembling-related apparatus including a corresponding one of the first and second slave control devices, (b) supplying, from each of the first and second master control devices to a corresponding one of the first and second slave control devices, information about the electric-circuit board to be assembled, and (c) supplying, from each of the first and second slave control devices to a corresponding one of the first and second master control devices, information about a state of the electric-circuit-board-assembling-related apparatus including said each slave control device, so that said one master control device recognizes said state.

A recording medium for recording an electric-circuit board assembling line controlling program such that the program is readable by a computer to control an electric-circuit board assembling line including a plurality of electric-circuit-board-assembling-related apparatuses which include respective control devices independent of each other and which perform respective electric-circuit-board-assembling-related operations on a substrate board, for assembling of an electric-circuit board including the substrate board and at least one electric component mounted thereon, the program comprising:

• a master-control-device operating portion for operating a first one of the respective control devices of the electric-circuit-board-assembling-related apparatuses, as a first master control device, and subsequently operating a second one of the respective control devices as a second master control device,
• a slave-control-device operating portion for operating the second control device as a first slave control device subject to the first master control device, and subsequently operating the first control device as a second slave control device subject to the second master control device, for at least one of (a) operating each of the first and second master control devices to control the electric-circuit-board-assembling-related apparatus including a corresponding one of the first and second slave control devices, (b) supplying, from each of the first and second master control devices to a corresponding one of the first and second slave control devices, information about the electric-circuit board to be assembled, and (c) supplying, from each of the first and second slave control devices to a corresponding one of the first and second master control devices, information about a state of the electric-circuit-board-assembling-related apparatus including said each slave control device, so that said one master control device recognizes said state.