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

Claim 15:
16. A safety control system comprises:
at least one monitored input port;
at least one safety output port;
at least one 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 at least one processor; and,
a data store coupled to the at least one processor and containing a program of instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations to automatically download network settings to a portable data storage device in response to connection of the portable data storage device to the at least one processor by the data transfer link interface, the operations comprising:
receiving data from the portable data storage device that stores a first configuration profile for the safety control system;
determining whether the safety control system is in a predetermined state; and, if the safety control system is not in the predetermined state, then:
(a) accessing, by the at least one processor, the portable data storage device;
(b) determining, by the at least one processor, whether the first configuration profile matches a second configuration profile pre-existing in the safety control system; and,
(c) if 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, by the at least one processor, 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.