US 7,603,183 B1 · Editor device and recorded medium on which editor program is recorded

Abstract

A procedure (user program) in which a PLC 2 controls operation of input-output apparatuses (4) is generated on a ladder window by using a ladder editor (32a). A screen (user screen) on which a programmable display apparatus (1) displays states of the input-output apparatuses (4) is generated on a screen generating window by a screen generating editor (32b). For example, when a symbol on a ladder diagram on the ladder window next to the screen generating window is dragged and dropped onto the screen generating window, attribute data including a name and address of the input-output apparatus that relates to the symbol is copied from a ladder file (33a) for registering the user program to a screen file (33b) for registering the user screen, and a mark corresponding to the attribute data is displayed on the screen generating window. This eliminates a need of a common database for registering the attribute data.

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Dependent claims

An editing apparatus, comprising:

first editing means for generating a display content program for setting a content of a display screen for displaying states of input-output apparatuses by using display symbols, the display content program including screen data including variable names and the display symbols, the variable names being set with respect to the input-output apparatuses respectively;
second editing means for generating a control procedure program for setting, by control symbols representing commands, a procedure of control for controlling the input-output apparatuses, the control procedure program including control data including the control symbols and the variable names;
and
a single file integrally storing (1) the screen data, (2) the control data, and (3) variable data, which is common to (a) the display content program, (b) the control procedure program, and which includes the variable names;
and
data generating means for obtaining the variable data by searching out of the file, causing the first editing means to generate, in the file, data of the display symbols and causing the second editing means to generate, in the file, data of the control symbols based on the variable name of the obtained variable data.

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A computer-readable recording medium that stores an editing program, the editing program executing:

a first editing process for generating a display content program for setting a content of a display screen for displaying states of input-output apparatuses by using display symbols, the display content program including screen data including variable names and the display symbols, the variable names being set with respect to the input-output apparatuses respectively;
a second editing process for generating a control procedure program for setting, by control symbols representing commands a procedure of control for controlling the input-output apparatuses, the control procedure program, including control data including the control symbols and the variable names;
and
a data generating process for obtaining the variable data by searching out of a single file, causing the first editing process to generate, in the single file, data of the display symbols and causing the second editing process to generate in the single file, data of the control symbols based on the variable name of the obtained variable data, the file integrally storing (1) the screen data, (2) the control data, and (3) variable data, which is common to (a) the display content program, (b) the control procedure program, and which includes the variable names.

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A computer-readable recording medium that stores an editing program, the editing program executing:

one of a first editing process and a second editing process, the first editing process for generating a display content program being for setting a content of a display screen for displaying states of input-output apparatuses by using display symbols, the display content program including screen data including variable names and the display symbols, the variable names being set with respect to the input-output apparatuses respectively, and the second editing process being for generating a control procedure program for setting, by control symbols representing commands, a procedure of control for controlling the input-output apparatuses, the control procedure program including control data including the control symbols and the variable names;
and
a data generating process for obtaining the variable data by searching out of a single file, causing the first editing process to generate, in the single file, data of the display symbols and causing the second editing process to generate, in the single file, data of the control symbols based on the variable name of the obtained variable data, the file integrally storing (1) the screen data, (2) the control data;
and (3) variable data, which is common to (a) the display content program, (b) the control procedure program, and which includes the variable names.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Editor device and recorded medium on which editor program is recorded

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