Patent ID: 7945937
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: G05B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A programmable display device, which communicates with a programmable logic controller so as to acquire a condition of a device other than the programmable display device and connected with the programmable logic controller and causes the condition to be displayed and which instructs the programmable logic controller to control the device in accordance with an operation performed on a touch panel, the programmable logic controller acquiring output data of the device and providing control data to the device according to a ladder program created by a user, the programmable display device comprising: a selection display section for selecting and displaying one screen data item from one of screen data groups each constituted of a plurality of screen data items each being created by a user and being indicative of a screen with which the condition of the device is acquired and displayed and a control of the device is instructed; a selection information forming section for forming selection information used for selecting one of the screen data groups, based on previously registered screen data group information including names of the screen data groups and storage section information for specifying storage sections in which the screen data groups are stored, and for displaying the selection information as a list of the names and the storage section information corresponding to the names; and a screen data group setting section for reading out the one of the screen data groups which is selected based on the displayed names from the storage section specified by the storage section information and setting the one of the screen data groups as a screen data group to be used.