Safety relay configuration system with safety monitoring and safety output function blocks

US10152030B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Bradley A. Prosak · Bedford, US
• Thomas Helpenstein · Grevenbroich, DE
• Rudolf Papenbreer · Wuppertal, DE
• Dirk Lorenz · Wetter, DE
• Oliver Heckel · Wuppertal, DE
• Carol Knez · Mentor, US
• Christopher John Burke · Sydney, AU
• Todd Bubar · Hollis, US
• Nhat Nam Trinh · Quincy, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 9, 2014
• Grant date: Dec 11, 2018
• Expiry date: Nov 21, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/25067
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A safety relay configuration system for configuring safety functions to be carried out by a safety relay is provided. The configuration system comprises a number of features that facilitate intuitive and simplified configuration of an industrial safety relay, including but not limited to features that guide the user through the configuration process using an intuitive sequential procedure that provides feedback and prompts based on user interaction, enforce design consistency throughout the configuration project by intelligently limiting user selections, and visually organize configuration and status information in a manner that efficiently utilizes display space and allows the user to quickly evaluate available configuration options.