US 12,072,681 B2
Support device, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording support program, and setting method
Ryosuke Fujimura, Kyoto (JP); Asahi Matsui, Kyoto (JP); Toru Murata, Kyoto (JP); Yasuki Yoda, Kyoto (JP); Hiromu Suganuma, Kyoto (JP); and Akio Kawaharada, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to OMRON Corporation, Kyoto (JP)
Appl. No. 17/627,690
Filed by OMRON Corporation, Kyoto (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/009958
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/038930, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-158509 (JP), filed on Aug. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0244695 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. G05B 19/042 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/0425 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support device capable of communicating with a control device network-connected to one or a plurality of safety devices, wherein
each of the one or plurality of safety devices holds setting identification information that identifies the setting of the own device;
the control device holds, for each of the one or plurality of safety devices, connection setting information set for establishing a connection with the safety device;
the one or plurality of safety devices include a target safety device for which a first establishment method has been set, wherein the first establishment method establishes a connection with the control device in accordance with a result of a comparison between the connection setting information and the setting identification information;
the support device comprises:
a memory part for storing a support program that assists in the setting of the control device; and
a processor for executing the support program; and
the support program comprises:
a first command for acquiring the setting identification information from the target safety device; and
a second command for setting, in the connection setting information corresponding to the target safety device, the setting identification information acquired from the target safety device in response to the execution of the first command.