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Henrik Ryegård

Peter Eriksson

Ian Bird-Radolovic

Jesper Bergsjö

Björn Andersson

Fredrik Pahlm

A control system for controlling one or more manipulators. One or more drives control motors driving the movements of the manipulator. An axis computer provides control signals to the drives. A main computer is adapted to execute a program with instructions for the movements and supplies the axis computer with control instructions. Physically separated modules are adapted to be placed at separated locations and to handle different functions. Each module may be surrounded by a casing of its own, may have its own power supply and has a well-defined interface in relation to the other modules. The computers and drives are arranged in the modules. One of the modules is a main computer module, which comprises the main computer. Another of the modules is a drive module, which comprises the axis computer.

Control system and method for controlling one or several manipulators

In a plant for controlling an equipment () adapted to carry out a process a superior arrangement () exists and has a first interface () to a programming unit () and a second interface () between the process equipment () and the arrangement. The arrangement has members () for transmitting information between the two interfaces. A memory member () adapted to store important data required for describing and defining the process of the process equipment is arranged in the process equipment itself. The arrangement () is provided with a rule data base () and a text data base () containing a configuration file for communication between the process equipment and the arrangement through the second interface by utilising a general process application protocol and a text file, respectively, adapted to the format of said data in the memory member of the process equipment.

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Västerås, Sweden

Henrik Ryegård