Method for collecting remote maintenance and diagnostic data from subject equipment, other device and manufacturing execution system
First Claim
1. A group controller which is connected communicably to a remote center and has a function of acquiring and storing data deriving from manufacturing equipments including a target manufacturing equipment which is to be subjected to a remote maintenance and diagnosis,wherein said group controller has a function of checking whether there is a shortage of data already acquired and stored, newly acquiring data, which have been already stored as history data in at least one of the manufacturing equipments, so as to make up the shortage, and then sending the data including said newly acquired data to the remote center, in response to reception of a request from the remote center for data required to perform the maintenance and diagnosis of the target manufacturing equipment.
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Abstract
Upon performing a remote maintenance/diagnosis of a manufacturing equipment, data deriving from the manufacturing equipment that is a subject of the remote maintenance/diagnosis, data deriving from a manufacture related equipment other than the manufacturing equipment, and data regarding a manufacturing execution are collected as data used for the remote maintenance/diagnosis. The data collected as the data used for the remote maintenance/diagnosis is transmitted to a remote center that performs the maintenance/diagnosis of the manufacturing equipment.
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11 Claims
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1. A group controller which is connected communicably to a remote center and has a function of acquiring and storing data deriving from manufacturing equipments including a target manufacturing equipment which is to be subjected to a remote maintenance and diagnosis,
wherein said group controller has a function of checking whether there is a shortage of data already acquired and stored, newly acquiring data, which have been already stored as history data in at least one of the manufacturing equipments, so as to make up the shortage, and then sending the data including said newly acquired data to the remote center, in response to reception of a request from the remote center for data required to perform the maintenance and diagnosis of the target manufacturing equipment.
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5. A group controller which is connected communicably to a remote center and a manufacturing execution system, and has a function of acquiring and storing data deriving from manufacturing equipments including a target manufacturing equipment which is to be subjected to a remote maintenance and diagnosis,
wherein said group controller has a function of checking whether there is a shortage of data already acquired and stored, newly acquiring data, which have been already stored as history data in at least one of the manufacturing equipments or the manufacturing execution system, so as to make up the shortage, and then sending the data including said newly acquired data to the remote center, in response to reception of a request from the remote center for data required to perform the maintenance and diagnosis of the target manufacturing equipment.
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