Industrial Machine Setting Code for Visual Fault Information Output
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies do not allow for the output of internal information from industrial machines in a visually recognizable form, and they lack the ability to add or delete information based on the specific situation of a malfunction, making it difficult to investigate the cause of malfunctions effectively.
Innovation Solution
A setting code generating device and method that outputs specific information about an industrial machine, including machine and state information, to a display, and generates a setting code by encoding this information based on operator instructions, allowing for the selection of additional information to be included or excluded from the output.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If internal information is output to external apparatus using predetermined items, then information can be transmitted externally, but the information cannot be customized based on specific malfunction situations and cannot be visually checked within the machine
Solution Approach 1:
The information output mechanism is segmented into two parts: predetermined information items that are automatically selected and additional information that can be manually added by the operator. This segmentation allows the system to maintain automatic operation while providing customization capability, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-defining information items that should be output based on malfunction types. This preliminary configuration reduces the complexity of real-time decision-making while maintaining adaptability, as the framework is established in advance but allows for situational adjustments.
2Loss of information
If all internal information is output to external apparatus, then complete diagnostic data is available externally, but relevant information cannot be visually checked within the machine and unnecessary information may be transmitted
Solution Approach 1:
The display unit serves as an intermediary between the internal information storage and the external output mechanism. It allows operators to visually verify information before external transmission, ensuring completeness and relevance without requiring external apparatus for verification, thus reducing time loss while maintaining information quality.
3Ease of operation
If predetermined information items are output, then the output mechanism is simple, but the information cannot be tailored to specific malfunction causes reducing diagnostic effectiveness
Solution Approach 1:
The information output mechanism is made dynamic by allowing operators to add or remove information items based on specific malfunction situations. The system maintains a base configuration for ease of operation but dynamically adapts to specific diagnostic needs, improving reliability without significantly increasing operational complexity.
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AI summary
Provided are a setting code generating device, an industrial machine, a setting code generating method, and a setting code generating program capable of confirming information output externally from an industrial machine. This setting code generating device is provided with: an identification information output unit for outputting, to a display, identification information relating to an industrial machine, including machine information relating to the industrial machine and state information relating to the state of the industrial machine; a setting code generating unit for generating a setting code obtained by encoding the identification information output by the identification information output unit, on the basis of an instruction received by way of an operating unit; and a setting code output unit for outputting the setting code generated by the setting code generating unit.