Controller and controller system controlling time and cost to duplicate a controller
View Patent ↗A controller includes: a communication port and a connection port that allow communication with another controller; and a hardware processor coupled to the ports. The hardware processor is configured to: transmit a first state signal indicating a state of the controller of an own device to the other controller from each port; receive a second state signal indicating a state of the other controller from the other controller via each of the ports; and switch, when the own device is in a standby state, the own device from the standby state to an operating state, when a breakdown of the other controller indicated by the received second state signal and an unreceived state in which the second state signal is not received for a predetermined time or more from both the communication and connection ports are monitored and at least one of the breakdown and the unreceived state is detected.
1. A controller system comprising a first controller and a second controller,
the first controller comprising:
a first communication port configured to allow communication with the second controller through a data transmission route; and
a first connection port to be connected to a device to be controlled, the first connection port being configured to allow communication with the second controller, the second controller comprising:
a second communication port configured to allow communication with the first controller through the data transmission route; and
a second connection port to be connected to the device to be controlled, the second connection port being configured to allow communication with the first controller; and
a hardware processor coupled to the second communication and connection ports and configured to switch, in a case where the first controller is in an operating state and the second controller is in a standby state, the second controller from the standby state to the operating state when a state signal indicating a breakdown from the first controller is received from one of the second communication port and the second connection port or when a state signal from the first controller has not been received for a predetermined time or more from both the second communication port and the second connection port;
wherein
the first controller includes a first actual data input port and a first actual data output port as the first connection port,
the second controller includes a second actual data input port and a second actual data output port as the second connection port,
the first actual data input port of the first controller and the second actual data output port of the second controller are connected by a first transmission route,
the first actual data output port of the first controller and the second actual data input port of the second controller are connected by a second transmission route, and
the hardware processor of the second controller is configured to switch, in a case where the first controller is in the operating state and the second controller is in the standby state, the second controller from the standby state to the operating state when the state signal indicating a breakdown from the first controller is received from one of the second communication port and the second actual data input port or when the state signal from the first controller has not been received for a predetermined time or more from both the second communication port and the second actual data input port.
2. The controller system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first controller and the second controller determines whether an own device thereof is in an operating state or in a standby state based on an internet protocol (IP) address of a controller to be in the operating state and an IP address of a controller to be in the standby state, which are included in download information from an upper-level device, and a setting made by a rotary switch of the own device.