SAFETY CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AUTOMATED INSTALLATION
First Claim
1. A safety controller for controlling an automated installation which has a plurality of sensors and a plurality of actuators, said safety controller comprising:
- a control unit to which a plurality of control input signals from the sensors are supplied, said control unit being designed to produce a plurality of control output signals on the basis of the control input signals and in accordance with a user program running in an automatic mode in said control unit, wherein the plurality of control output signals are configured to actuate the plurality of actuators,a diagnosis evaluation unit to which a number of diagnosis input signals are supplied, wherein the diagnosis evaluation unit is designed to take the diagnosis input signals as a basis for ascertaining which one of a plurality of operating states is present at a defined instant of time, andan interface for a display unit designed to display diagnosis reports from the diagnosis evaluation unit,wherein the diagnosis evaluation unit produces an operating state data record representing an ascertained operating state of a plurality of operating states,wherein the operating state data record has a plurality of diagnosis data and a Boolean status indicator, andwherein the control unit is designed to actuate at least one of the plurality of actuators as a function of said Boolean status indicator.
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Abstract
A safety controller for controlling an automated installation which has a plurality of sensors and a plurality of actuators, comprises a control unit to which a plurality of control input signals are supplied by the sensors. The control unit produces a plurality of control output signals in an automatic mode on the basis of the control input signals in accordance with a user program running in said control unit. The plurality of control output signals is used to actuate the plurality of actuators. The safety controller also has a diagnosis evaluation unit to which a number of diagnoses input signals are supplied. The diagnosis evaluation unit takes the diagnosis input signals as a basis for ascertaining which of a plurality of operating states is present at a defined instant of time. The diagnosis evaluation unit produces an operating state data record which represents an ascertained operating state. The safety controller also has an interface for a display unit in order to display diagnosis reports. The operating state data record includes a plurality of diagnosis data and a Boolean status indicator. The control unit actuates at least one actuator on the basis of the Boolean status indicator contained in the operating state data record.
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1. A safety controller for controlling an automated installation which has a plurality of sensors and a plurality of actuators, said safety controller comprising:
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a control unit to which a plurality of control input signals from the sensors are supplied, said control unit being designed to produce a plurality of control output signals on the basis of the control input signals and in accordance with a user program running in an automatic mode in said control unit, wherein the plurality of control output signals are configured to actuate the plurality of actuators, a diagnosis evaluation unit to which a number of diagnosis input signals are supplied, wherein the diagnosis evaluation unit is designed to take the diagnosis input signals as a basis for ascertaining which one of a plurality of operating states is present at a defined instant of time, and an interface for a display unit designed to display diagnosis reports from the diagnosis evaluation unit, wherein the diagnosis evaluation unit produces an operating state data record representing an ascertained operating state of a plurality of operating states, wherein the operating state data record has a plurality of diagnosis data and a Boolean status indicator, and wherein the control unit is designed to actuate at least one of the plurality of actuators as a function of said Boolean status indicator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for controlling an automated installation which comprises a plurality of sensors and a plurality of actuators, the method comprising the steps of:
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supplying a plurality of control input signals from the sensors to a control unit, wherein the control unit produces a plurality of control output signals on the basis of the control input signals and in accordance with a user program running in an automatic mode in said control unit, actuating the plurality of actuators using the plurality of control output signals, ascertaining which one of a plurality of operating states is present at a defined instant of time and producing an operating state data record which represents an ascertained operating state, said operating state data record comprising a plurality of diagnosis data representing the ascertained operating state and a Boolean status indicator, displaying the diagnosis data on a display unit in response to said operating state data record, and actuating at least one of the actuators as a function of the Boolean status indicator.
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8. A computer program product comprising a data storage medium having program code stored which is designed to be loaded into the memory of a safety controller for controlling an automated installation having a plurality of sensors and a plurality of actuators, with said program code being designed to carry out a method comprising the following steps when executed on the safety controller:
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receiving a plurality of control input signals from the sensors and producing a plurality of control output signals on the basis of the control input signals, providing the plurality of control output signals for actuating the plurality of actuators, ascertaining which one of a plurality of operating states is present at a defined instant of time and producing an operating state data record which represents an ascertained operating state, said operating state data record comprising a plurality of diagnosis data representing the ascertained operating state and a Boolean status indicator, displaying the diagnosis data on a display unit in response to said operating state data record, and actuating at least one of the actuators as a function of the Boolean status indicator.
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