Programmable display device

• US 20060097956A1
• Filed: 11/01/2005
• Published: 05/11/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schneider Electric Japan Holdings Ltd. (Schneider Electric SE)
• Original Assignee: Digital Electronics Corporation
• Inventors: Ogawa, Masaki
• Granted Patent: US 7,945,937 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/2.1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/13171 Portable, detachable programming unit
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23406 Programmer device, portable, handheld detachable programmer
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

A programmable display device selects and displays one screen data item from one of screen data groups each constituted of a plurality of screen data items indicative of control conditions. Further, the programmable display device includes a selection information forming section and a screen data group setting section. The selection information forming section is included in a project setting processing section, and based on screen data group information concerning the screen data groups, forms selection information by which one of the screen data groups is selected. The screen data group setting section is included in the project setting processing section, and sets, as a screen data group to be used, the one of the screen data groups which is selected based on the selection information.

Claims

1. A programmable display device, comprising:

a selection display section for selecting and displaying one screen data item from one of screen data groups each constituted of a plurality of screen data items indicative of control conditions;

a selection information forming section for forming selection information used for selecting one of the screen data groups, based on screen data group information concerning each of the screen data groups; and

a screen data group setting section for setting, as a screen data group to be used, the one of the screen data groups which is selected based on the selection information.

2. The programmable display device as set forth in claim 1, further comprising a screen data group management section for integrating and managing the screen data groups as one screen data group.

3. The programmable display device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the selection information forming section searches, based on the screen data group information, a storage section for storing the screen data groups, and when a screen data group registered in advance as the screen data group information is recognized, the selection information forming section adds the screen data group as a selectable screen data group to the selection information.

4. The programmable display device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the selection information forming section searches a location information storage section for storing together storage location information items for showing locations of storage sections to which the screen data groups are stored as the screen data group information, and when a storage location information item is recognized, the selection information forming section adds a screen data group corresponding to the storage location information item, as a selectable screen data group, to the selection information.

5. A programmable display device, comprising:

a selection display section for selecting and displaying one screen data item from one of screen data groups each constituted of a plurality of screen data items indicative of control conditions of a controlling device which performs control action according to a sequence program; and

a screen data group setting section for selecting, based on specifying information which shows that a sequence program to be used is specified out of a plurality of sequence programs, a screen data group corresponding to the specified sequence program out of the screen data groups, and for setting the screen data group as a screen data group to be used.

6. The programmable display device as set forth in claim 5, further comprising a screen data group management section for integrating and managing the screen data groups as one screen data group.

7. The programmable display device as set forth in claim 5, wherein

the specifying information is a bit switching command, included in a head part of the sequence program, for switching a switch bit so as to indicate that the sequence program is specified, the switch bit being provided so as to correspond to a name of a screen data group in a predetermined storage region, and

the screen data group setting section sets, as a screen data group to be used, a screen data group having a name corresponding to the switch bit, when the sequence program is executed and thereby the bit switching command switches the switch bit corresponding to the sequence program.

8. A display controlling program for operating a programmable display device,

said display controlling program causing a computer to carry out

a selection display process for selecting and displaying one screen data item from one of screen data groups each constituted of a plurality of screen data items indicative of control conditions,

a selection information forming process for forming selection information used for selecting one of the screen data groups, based on screen data group information concerning each of the screen data groups, and

a screen data group setting process for setting, as a screen data group to be used, the one of the screen data groups which is selected based on the selection information.

9. The display controlling program as set forth in claim 8, further causing a computer to carry out a screen data group management process for integrating and managing the screen data groups as one screen data group.

10. The display controlling program as set forth in claim 8, wherein the selection information forming process searches, based on the screen data group information, a storage section for storing the screen data groups, and when a screen data group registered in advance as the screen data group information is recognized, the selection information forming process adds the screen data group, as a selectable screen data group, to the selection information.

11. The display controlling program as set forth in claim 8, wherein the selection information forming process searches a location information storage section for storing together storage location information items for showing locations of storage sections to which the screen data groups are stored as the screen data group information, and when a storage location information item is recognized, the selection information forming process adds a screen data group corresponding to the storage location information item, as a selectable screen data group, to the selection information.

12. A display controlling program for operating a programmable display device,

said display controlling program causing a computer to carry out

a selection display process for selecting and displaying one screen data item from one of screen data groups each constituted of a plurality of screen data items indicative of control conditions of a controlling device which performs control action according to a sequence program, and

a screen data group setting process for selecting, based on specifying information which shows that a sequence program to be used is specified out of a plurality of sequence programs, a screen data group corresponding to the specified sequence program out of the screen data groups, and for setting the screen data group as a screen data group to be used.

13. The display controlling program as set forth in claim 12, further causing a computer to carry out a screen data group management process for integrating and managing the screen data groups as one screen data group.

14. The display controlling program as set forth in claim 12, wherein

the specifying information is a bit switching command, included in a head part of the sequence program, for switching a switch bit so as to indicate that the sequence program is specified, the switch bit being provided so as to correspond to a name of a screen data group in a predetermined storage region, and

the screen data group setting process sets, as a screen data group to be used, a screen data group having a name corresponding to the switch bit, when the sequence program is executed and thereby the bit switching command switches the switch bit corresponding to the sequence program.

15. A storage medium readable by a computer, for storing a display controlling program,

wherein

said display controlling program causes a computer to carry out

a selection display process for selecting and displaying one screen data item from one of screen data groups each constituted of a plurality of screen data items indicative of control conditions,

a selection information forming process for forming selection information used for selecting one of the screen data groups, based on screen group information concerning each of the screen data groups, and

a screen data group setting process for setting, as a screen data group to be used, the one of the screen data groups which is selected based on the selection information.

16. The storage medium as set forth in claim 15, wherein the display controlling program further causes a computer to carry out a screen data group management process for integrating and managing the screen data groups as one screen data group.

17. The storage medium as set forth in claim 15, wherein the selection information forming process searches, based on the screen data group information, a storage section for storing the screen data groups, and when a screen data group registered in advance as the screen data group information is recognized, the selection information forming process adds the screen data group, as a selectable screen data group, to the selection information.

18. The storage medium as set forth in claim 15, wherein the selection information forming process searches a location information storage section for storing together storage location information items for showing locations of storage sections to which the screen data groups are stored as the screen data group information, and when a storage location information item is recognized, the selection information forming process adds a screen data group corresponding to the storage location information item, as a selectable screen data group, to the selection information.

19. A storage medium readable by a computer, for storing a display controlling program for operating a programmable display device,

said storage medium storing a display controlling program which causes a computer to carry out

a selection display process for selecting and displaying one screen data item from one of screen data groups each constituted of a plurality of screen data items indicative of control conditions of a controlling device which performs control action according to a sequence program, and

a screen data group setting process for selecting, based on specifying information for showing that a sequence program to be used is specified out of a plurality of sequence programs, a screen data group corresponding to the specified sequence program out of the screen data groups, and for setting the screen data group as a screen data group to be used.

20. The storage medium as set forth in claim 19, wherein the display controlling program further causes a computer to carry out a screen data group management process for integrating and managing the screen data groups as one screen data group.

21. The storage medium as set forth in claim 19, wherein

the specifying information is a bit switching command, included in a head part of the sequence program, for switching a switch bit so as to indicate that the sequence program is specified, the switch bit being provided so as to correspond to a name of a screen data group in a predetermined storage region, and

the screen data group setting process sets, as a screen data group to be used, a screen data group having a name corresponding to the switch bit, when the sequence program is executed and thereby the bit switching command switches the switch bit corresponding to the sequence program.