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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1996
Nobuo Yamane, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Hiroyasu Nagaoka, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Ayumi Matsuura, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Hirotsugu Hamano, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima-ken, JP;
Abstract
A sequence program formed by a plurality of contacts or windings each given an actual address representing a name of a mechanism such as a truck, a lifter, a slide or the like which forms a system to be controlled and the action of which is to be controlled to control the system, a name of an action of the mechanism and a name of a controlled device such as a switch, a solenoid valve, a motor and the like which is directly controlled to control the action of the mechanism is prepared. A first transitional sequence program in which each contact or winding is given a variable label is created by designating or selecting standardized control circuits corresponding to the desired actions of the mechanisms forming the system to be controlled, and a second transitional sequence program in which each contact or winding is given a fixed label is created by designating the names of the mechanisms and the actions thereof, and a sequence program in which each contact or winding is given an actual address is created on the basis of a table representing correspondence between the fixed labels and the actual addresses.