Configurable safety system for implementation on industrial system and method of implementing same
USRE42017E1 · kind E1 · reissue
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 22, 2006 |
| Grant date | Dec 28, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 22, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
A configurable control system for operating an industrial system in a reliable, safety-enhanced manner, and method of implementing such a system in any of a variety of particular industrial systems of a given class, are disclosed. The method includes storing, onto a controller of a particular industrial system, a master program capable of being used to operate a generalized industrial system having a maximum number of safety subsystems of a given type, where the particular industrial system falls within a class defined by the generalized system. The method also includes receiving a configuration input indicative of an absence/presence of a safety subsystem of the first type; validating the input; automatically configuring the master program to arrive at a configured program capable of operating the particular industrial system; and activating the controller for operation according to the configured program, which can include activating visualization or annunciation mechanisms representing the configured system.
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