Programmable motion controller with graphical programming aid
US5392207A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 20, 1993 |
| Grant date | Feb 21, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 20, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S715/967
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A programming aid for troubleshooting real-time motion control programs controlling servo motors employs a graphical control language in which functionally related groups of instructions are represented by icons displayed on a programming terminal and interconnected by sequence lines to indicate the order of the instruction's execution. The programming terminal receives the address of the instructions being executed and identifies this address to a displayed icon to modify the icon thus indicating the internal operation of the program on a real time basis with little interruption of the control process.
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