Patent ID: 6198270
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
A method of wiring a machine employing a wire sorter including a plurality of sorter terminals, a light associated with each of the sorter terminals, and a touch probe comprising:routing a bundle of de-energized wires from a machine I/O module to a plurality of machine terminal blocks;connecting a first wire end of each wire of said bundle of de-energized wires to one of a plurality of first end machine terminals;connecting a second wire end of each wire of said bundle of de-energized wires to one of the plurality of sorter terminals of the wire sorter;contacting one of the plurality of first end machine terminals connected to a selected wire of said bundle of said de-energized wires with the touch probe of the wire sorter;illuminating the light associated with the sorter terminal to which the second wire end of the selected wire is connected;de-energizing all of the energized light associated with the plurality of sorter terminals other than the sorter terminal connected to the selected wire;disconnecting the second wire end of the selected wire from the wire sorter; andconnecting the second wire end of the selected wire to a second end machine terminal that corresponds to the first end machine terminal to which the first wire end of the selected wire is connected.