Validity confirmation equipment
To confirm whether a computer in a kitted state kitted by kitting equipment is valid. Validity confirmation equipment ( 30 ) confirms whether a computer ( 10 ) in a kitted state kitted by kitting equipment ( 20 ) is valid. The validity confirmation equipment ( 30 ) includes a storage unit ( 32 ) that stores validity confirmation data set in advance in association with the kitting equipment ( 20 ), and a validity confirmation program used for confirming the validity of kitting work on the basis of the validity confirmation data. The validity confirmation equipment ( 30 ) starts the computer ( 10 ) using the validity confirmation program when the validity confirmation equipment ( 30 ) is connected to the computer ( 10 ) and then the computer is powered on, thereby causing the computer ( 10 ) to judge whether the kitted state is valid on the basis of the validity confirmation data.
1. Validity confirmation equipment that confirms whether a computer in a kitted state kitted by a preset kitting material is valid,
the validity confirmation equipment comprising:
a storage unit that stores validity confirmation data set in advance in association with the kitting material, and
a validity confirmation program used for confirming the validity of kitting work on the basis of the validity confirmation data,
wherein, in response to the validity confirmation equipment being connected to the computer and then the computer being powered on, the computer is started using start-up software stored in the storage unit of the validity confirmation equipment, so as to cause the computer to:
judge whether the kitted state is valid on a basis of the validity confirmation data, and
register the computer for use with a management system that manages the computer in response to the kitted state being judged by the computer as being valid, and
wherein the start-up software stored in the storage unit of the validity confirmation equipment includes the validity confirmation program.
2. The validity confirmation equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the validity confirmation equipment causes the computer to judge whether the kitted state is valid on the basis of the validity confirmation data by starting the computer using the validity confirmation program, and
in response to the kitted state being judged by the computer as not being valid, the validity confirmation equipment causes the computer to output an alarm indicating the invalidity.
3. The validity confirmation equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the management system allows distribution of an application to the computer after the computer is registered for use with the management system.
4. The validity confirmation equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the validity confirmation equipment functions as a start-up device of the computer.
5. The validity confirmation equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the validity confirmation equipment is a second computer different from the computer, and the computer is started using an OS image of the second computer.
6. The validity confirmation equipment according to claim 1 , wherein the computer is an edge server connected to a manufacturing device including an industrial machine and equipment accompanying the manufacturing device, and
the management system is a higher-order system that manages distribution of an application to be executed by the edge server.