Patent ID: 9423787
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G05B

Claim Text:
1. Industrial controller programming software fixed in a non-transitory computer readable medium and executable by a computer, the industrial controller programming software comprising: a logic development tool executable on the computer for creating a control program providing logical instructions executable on a controller for controlling on or more motor drives and I/O circuits and for controlling an industrial process; a motor drive of database holding motor drive objects, the motor drive objects, when instantiated, receiving and bolding configuration data that will configure operation of a motor drive associated with the instantiated motor drive object; and an interface between the logic development tool and the motor drive object database allowing instantiation, by the logic development tool, of motor drive objects for particular motor drives communicating with the controller wherein instantiation of a motor drive object creates an instantiated motor drive object that is specific to a particular motor drive, wherein the interface is further configured to both the instantiated motor drive objects including whereby the logic development tool configures the one or more motor drives via instantiation of motor drive objects.