Motor control program transferring system, host controller, motor control device, and motor control program transferring method

An upper controller for communicating with a plurality of motor control devices, comprising:

• a memory storing a plurality of motor control programs that are respectively executable on the plurality of motor control devices;
• and
• circuitry configured to
• perform one or more assigning operations that respectively assign unique identification information to the plurality of motor control devices, the plurality of motor control devices each having initially designated identification information, and
• transfer the plurality of motor control programs to the respective plurality of motor control devices to which the respective unique identification information have been assigned, and
• transmit a reset signal to the first one of the plurality of motor control devices after completion of the transferring of the plurality of motor control programs,
• wherein the communication between the upper control device and the plurality of motor control devices is performed by non-periodic communication before transmission of the reset signal, and is performed by periodic communication after the transmission of the reset signal.

A motor control program transferring method, comprising:

• performing an operation of assigning unique identification information to a plurality of motor control devices each having initially designated identification information;
• switching on communication for remaining ones of the plurality of motor control devices after the assigning of the respective unique identification information to each of the remaining one of the plurality of motor control devices, a first one of the plurality of control devices having communication initially enabled;
• transferring a plurality of motor control programs to the respective plurality of motor control devices to which the respective unique identification information has been assigned;
• and
• transmitting a reset signal to the first one of the plurality of motor control devices after completion of the transferring of the plurality of motor control programs,
• wherein the communication between the upper control device and the plurality of motor control devices is performed by non-periodic communication before transmission of the reset signal, and is performed by periodic communication after the transmission of the reset signal.