CONTROL APPARATUS INCLUDING DETACHABLE KEYPAD MOUNTING COMMUNICATION PORT CONNECTING PERSONAL COMPUTER TO SAID KEYPAD

• US 20070203590A1
• Filed: 02/22/2007
• Published: 08/30/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fuji Electric Company Limited (Fuji Electric Systems Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Electric FA Components & Systems Company Limited (Fuji Electric Systems Company Limited)
• Inventors: MATSUMOTO, Yoshihiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,612,631 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/84
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/0426 Programming the control sequence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23039 Remote programmer
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23051 Remote control, enter program remote, detachable programmer
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23306 Load program from host, remote load, non volatile card to volatile, ram
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23342 Pluggable rom, smart card
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/23417 Read program from pluggable memory card
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/2639 Energy management, use maximum of cheap power, keep peak load low

Abstract

The control apparatus according to the invention includes a keypad detachable from the control apparatus and including a communication device that facilitates communicating with a personal computer such that the keypad detached from the control apparatus is connected to the personal computer for setting the operations of the control apparatus and, then, the keypad is attached to the control apparatus to make the control apparatus conduct the control operations based on the setting contents set in the keypad. The control apparatus according to the invention facilitates setting the operations thereof in any place different from the place, therein the control apparatus is installed, and reducing the electric power fed to the control apparatus during the setting operation.

Claims

1. A control apparatus connectable to a personal computer, the control apparatus facilitating conducting the settings relevant to the operations thereof from the personal computer connected thereto, the control apparatus comprising:

a keypad detachable from the control apparatus, wherein the keypad includes a communication device connectable to the personal computer; and

a storage device that stores data relevant to the operations of the control apparatus, the data comprising parameters values and programs.

2. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the keypad comprises a keypad storage device;

wherein the keypad is detached from the control apparatus and connected to the personal computer to transfer the data to the keypad storage device; and

wherein the keypad is returned to the control apparatus to transfer the data from the keypad storage device to the storage device of the control apparatus.

3. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communication device tests whether communication between the personal computer and the keypad is normal or not.

4. The control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the storage unit of the keypad is capable of storing the data comprising the parameter values and the programs relevant to the operations of a plurality of control apparatuses.

5. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is capable of exchanging data between the personal computer and the keypad and is capable of feeding an electric power supply from the personal computer to the keypad.