Patent ID: 11874642
Assignee: BANNER ENGINEERING CORP.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  F  H | IPC A  F  G  H

Claim 5:
6. A safety control system comprising:
at least one monitored input port;
at least one safety output port;
a processor operatively coupled to the at least one monitored input port and the at least one safety output port;
a data transfer link interface operatively coupled to the processor; and,
a data store coupled to the processor and containing a program of instructions that are automatically executed by the processor in response to connection of a portable data storage device to the processor by the data transfer link interface,
wherein the program of instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations to automatically download network settings to the portable data storage device, the operations comprising:
in response to the connection of the portable data storage device, receiving data from the portable data storage device corresponding to a first configuration profile for the safety control system, the first configuration profile being stored on the portable data storage device;
in response to receiving the data, determining whether the safety control system is in a first predetermined state;
in response to determining that the safety control system is not in the first predetermined state, then:
determining whether the first configuration profile stored on the portable data storage device matches a second configuration profile pre-existing in the safety control system; and,
in response to determining that the first configuration profile matches the second configuration profile, then reconfiguring the portable data storage device as a safety configuration device based on the configuration of the safety control system, the reconfiguration comprising transferring a copy of contents of a second network settings of the safety control system to the portable data storage device via the data transfer link.