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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2022
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Ryosuke Fujimura, Kyoto, JP;
Hiromu Suganuma, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroko Kubo, Kyoto, JP;
Asahi Matsui, Kyoto, JP;
OMRON CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A support device includes an interface configured to establish connection to a controller, the controller being configured to execute a user program including a function block, a storage unit configured to store a monitoring condition in which a data type of the function block and a name of a monitoring target variable are defined with the data type and the name associated with each other, and a search module configured to search for, among instances of function blocks created for the controller to execute the user program, an instance having a data type matching a data type defined in the monitoring condition and having a value of a monitoring target variable associated with the matching data type indicating a monitoring target event.