Active resource control system method & apparatus

A method for active resource control of added functionality in a computerized process for controlling a motion control machine, the computerized process for controlling the motion control machine having at least one resource, the method comprising the steps of:

• during the run-time of the computerized process for controlling the motion control machine, in which motion associated with the motion control machine is controlled by the process in real time, initiating an added functionality that uses at least a portion of the resource of the computerized process for controlling the motion control machine;
• and
• error handling a reached resource limit caused by the added functionality.

A method for active resource control of added functionality in a computerized process for controlling a motion control machine, the computerized process for controlling the motion control machine having at least one resource, the method comprising the steps of:

• selecting, before run-time of the computerized process for controlling the motion control machine, in which motion associated with the motion control machine is controlled by the process in real time, initiating an added functionality to be added to the process that uses at least a portion of the resource of the computerized process for controlling the motion control machine;
• and
• performing off-line checking of the added functionality by detecting off-line, before the run time of the real-time computerized process, whether the added functionality causes the process for controlling the motion control machine to reach a resource limit of the resource.

An active resource control apparatus for monitoring added functionality in a computerized process for controlling a motion control machine, the computerized process for controlling the motion control machine having at least one resource, comprising:

• added functionality that uses at least a portion of the resource that is added to the computerized process for controlling the motion control machine, in which motion associated with the motion control machine is controlled by the process in real time;
• and
• a checker that checks the added functionality by detecting whether the added functionality causes the real-time computerized process to reach a resource limit of the resource.

A method for active resource control for monitoring added functionality in a computerized process for controlling the motion control machine having at least one resource, the method comprising the steps of:

• added functionality that uses at least a portion of the resource that is added to the computerized process controlling the motion control machine, in which the motion associated with the motion control machine is controlled by the process in real time;
• and
• providing multiple layers of checking that check at multiple layers of the computerized process for controlling the motion control machine whether the added functionality causes the computerized process for controlling the motion control machine to reach a resource limit of the resource.