US 12,461,504 B2
Communications system for numerical control devices and communications method for numerical control devices
Takafumi Murakami, Yamanashi (JP); and Takahiro Omori, Yamanashi (JP)
Assigned to FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi (JP)
Appl. No. 18/255,073
Filed by FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/043566
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 30, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/118782, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-199596 (JP), filed on Dec. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0027997 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G05B 19/414 (2006.01); G05B 19/408 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/414 (2013.01) [G05B 19/408 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication system for a numerical control device, including a numerical control device, a converter device, and a plurality of inverter devices, the communication system comprising:
an assigning part configured to assign identification information to the plurality of inverter devices; and
a determination part configured to determine an inverter device to be used for communication between the numerical control device and the converter device from among the plurality of inverter devices to which the identification information is assigned,
the numerical control device comprising a numerical control communication part configured to communicate with the inverter device using a first transmission path, and
the converter device comprising a converter communication part configured to communicate with the numerical control device via a second transmission path different from the first transmission path, the inverter device determined by the determination part, and the first transmission path.