US 12,356,218 B2
Control system and control apparatus
Akihiro Ishimura, Ritto (JP); and Kojiro Baba, Kusatsu (JP)
Assigned to OMRON CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
Appl. No. 17/434,782
Filed by OMRON Corporation, Kyoto (JP)
PCT Filed Feb. 12, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/005272
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/184034, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-047441 (JP), filed on Mar. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0150725 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/20 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 24/02 (2013.01) [H04W 84/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control system, comprising:
a control apparatus comprising a first hardware processor or first hardware controller functioning as a master; and
a plurality of slaves which are network-connected to the control apparatus, each of the plurality of slaves comprising a second hardware processor or a second hardware controller,
wherein:
each of the plurality of slaves is configured to store identification information thereon, and
the first hardware processor or the first hardware controller of the control apparatus is configured to execute a first instruction, in which first identification information indicating a reference slave among the plurality of slaves that has three or more ports connected to respective connection paths and a port name of the reference slave, and second identification information to be set for one or more target slaves other than the reference slave are specified, to set the second identification information for the one or more target slaves other than the reference slave among the plurality of slaves which is identified by the first identification information and the port name of the reference slave.