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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
May. 04, 2015
Rockwell Automation Germany Gmbh & Co. KG, Wuppertal, DE;
Rudolf Papenbreer, Wuppertal, DE;
Thomas Helpenstein, Grevenbroich, DE;
Norbert Machuletz, Wetter, DE;
Oliver Heckel, Frechen, DE;
Mussa Tohidi Khaniki, Wuppertal, DE;
Bradley A. Prosak, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
A safety controller and system of safety controllers and a removable memory module for rapid configuration and/or backup of safety controllers are provided. The safety controller comprises a non-volatile memory and one or more slots configured to host modules. A predetermined slot of the one or more slots is configured to communicatively couple the safety controller with a memory module. The safety controller is configured to transfer a backup of a configuration on the safety controller to a memory module hosted in the predetermined slot and configured to load a configuration from a memory module hosted in the predetermined slot. A method of distributing software to a plurality of industrial safety controller comprises utilizing a memory module.