Reducing the processor operating time for a programmable controller

US6700569B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Moeller GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Rolf Hubert · Bonn, DE
• Juergen Hoegener · Merzig, DE
• Dieter Bauerfeind · Rheinbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 30, 2000
• Grant date: Mar 2, 2004
• Expiry date: Nov 30, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B19/108
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A programmable controller having a processing unit, a screen, a control panel, and signal inputs and outputs, all of which are accommodated in a common housing. Switching functions can be programmed by the user via a menu-driven user interface on the screen. The status display is capable of being switched between an active and an inactive display status of the screen.