Communication device and method for controlling communication device
First Claim
1. A communication device to be connected with a manufacturing apparatus, the communication device comprising:
- a communicator that performs communication via a network;
at least one IO port that connects with the manufacturing apparatus;
a packet monitor that monitors, via the communicator, packet data communicated to and from the manufacturing apparatus via the network;
an IO monitor that monitors a state of the at least one IO port; and
a controller configured or programmed to transmit monitoring information to a transportation apparatus via the communicator;
whereinthe transportation apparatus is an apparatus that transports a processing target to and/or from the manufacturing apparatus; and
the monitoring information is obtained through the monitoring performed by the packet monitor and the IO monitor.
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Abstract
A communication device includes a communicator that performs communication via a network, IO ports that connect with a manufacturing apparatus, a packet monitor that monitors, via the communicator, packet data communicated to and from the manufacturing apparatus via the network, an IO monitor that monitors states of the IO ports, and a controller configured or programmed to transmit monitoring information to a transportation apparatus via the communicator, the transportation apparatus transporting a processing target, and the monitoring information being obtained through the monitoring performed by the packet monitor and the IO monitor.
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8 Claims
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1. A communication device to be connected with a manufacturing apparatus, the communication device comprising:
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a communicator that performs communication via a network; at least one IO port that connects with the manufacturing apparatus; a packet monitor that monitors, via the communicator, packet data communicated to and from the manufacturing apparatus via the network; an IO monitor that monitors a state of the at least one IO port; and a controller configured or programmed to transmit monitoring information to a transportation apparatus via the communicator;
whereinthe transportation apparatus is an apparatus that transports a processing target to and/or from the manufacturing apparatus; and the monitoring information is obtained through the monitoring performed by the packet monitor and the IO monitor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for controlling a communication device including a communicator that performs communication via a network, and at least one IO port that connects with a manufacturing apparatus, the method comprising:
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monitoring, via the communicator, packet data communicated to and from the manufacturing apparatus via the network; monitoring a state of the at least one IO port; and transmitting monitoring information to a transportation apparatus via the communicator, the transportation apparatus being an apparatus that transports a processing target to and/or from the manufacturing apparatus, the monitoring information being obtained through the monitoring of packet data and the monitoring of a state of the at least one IO port.
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