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Distributed control system and control method thereof

  • US 9,843,506 B2
  • Filed: 03/21/2013
  • Issued: 12/12/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A distributed control system comprising:

  • a central communication device; and

    a plurality of terminal communication devices connected to target devices to be controlled are connected through a network,wherein the central communication device and the plurality of terminal communication devices perform an initial setting of the network in accordance with a first instruction from a display input device,wherein the central communication device;

    receives a first set of communication path information from the plurality of terminal communication devices,receives input/output performance from each terminal communication device, wherein the input/output performance includes at least input/output responses of a controllable target device connected to the respective terminal communication device, the controllable target device being different from any of the plurality of terminal communication devices,sets an automatic setting condition in accordance with a second instruction from the display input device,determines setting information based on the first set of communication path information, the input/output performance, and the automatic setting condition, wherein the determination of the setting information includes;

    the central communication device configured to generate a second set of communication path information that is new compared to the first set of communication path information,the central communication device configured to determine whether input/output responses on paths associated with the second set of communication path information are lower than or equal to each of the input/output responses acquired from the respective terminal communication device,when the input/output responses on the paths are lower than or equal to each of the input/output responses acquired from the respective terminal communication device, the central communication device is configured to set the generated second set of communication path information in the terminal communication devices, andwhen the input/output responses on the paths are not lower than or equal to each of the input/output responses acquired from the respective terminal communication device, the central communication device is configured to notify the display input device of error without setting the generated second set of communication path information if required by the automatic setting condition,wherein the terminal communication devices;

    transmit or receive data to or from the central communication device through communication paths on the network set by the central communication device.

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