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Method and apparatus for configuring a controller

US4658348A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 12, 1985
Grant dateApr 14, 1987
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Expiry dateAug 12, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S706/908
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Reading values, setting values and setting configuration options within a complex programmable controller is simplified, by chaining all user interaction points into a single path, cross linking portions of the main path into subpaths and providing keys that step the user according to his selection along the main path, along the subpaths, and between the subpaths. A two part display indicating the general and specific positions clarify the locations and the options available.

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