Multicontroller apparatus, multicontroller system, nuclear reactor protection system, inverter control system and diagnostic device
US5287264A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 7, 1993 |
| Grant date | Feb 15, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 7, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E30/30
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A multicontroller apparatus has a plurality of control units each including a controller and a diagnostic device for making a diagnosis of the controller. Each diagnostic device includes an apparatus for judging states of other control units by using output signals of diagnostic devices included in the other control units and an apparatus for executing a diagnosis of the associated controller which is a diagnosis object of the diagnostic device when the judging apparatus has judged that one or more other control units are not in the diagnosis state. Owing to the present invention, a necessary number of controllers which are in the controllable state can always be ensured in a multicontroller apparatus. Therefore, control by the multicontroller apparatus is always possible, and it becomes possible to make a diagnosis upon the multicontroller apparatus.
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