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US 7,389,150 B2Granted
Display system for controller
AssigneeFanuc Corporation
InventorsShogo Inoue, Norinaga Mutai, Kunio Tanaka
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Abstract
A controller and a display device are connected to each other by a network. The controller comprises a network control program which controls a network control section to communicate with the display device for each of a plurality of operation modes, including an initialization mode, a normal action mode, and an alarm mode. Various data, such as operation mode information for the controller, are transmitted to the display device connected by the network through the network control section and display data is displayed on the display device.
Claims8
A display system, comprising:
- a controller storing, as system programs, an initializer program, a normal action part program, and an alarm processor program;
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- a display device connected to the controller by a network storing, as system programs, a display control program for initialization, a display control program for normal action, and a display control program for alarm processing, each said display control program including a network control program communicating with the controller and corresponding respectively to the initializer program, the normal action part program, and the alarm processor program of the controller,
- wherein each said program of the controller including a network control program controlling a network control section to communicate with the display device, and
- wherein various data are transmitted to the display device connected to the controller by the network through the network control section and display data is displayed on the display device when any one of the system programs of the controller is operational.
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