Patent ID: 6658306
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
An electronic control device for integration into a mechanical system, the electronic control device comprising:a microprocessor-supported central unit; a data memory connected to said central unit; an interface for communicating with programming and data input devices and also with the mechanical system to be controlled, said interface connected to said central unit; and a program memory containing an operating program and connected to said central unit, the operating program being hierarchically subdivided into a plurality of program levels including: a basic control program for controlling basic functions in conjunction with the mechanical system to be controlled and is reprogrammable; a permanently installed, nonreprogrammable core control program for controlling a basic programmability of the electronic control device using the basic control program; and a device-specific function control program for controlling individual functions of the mechanical system fitted with the electronic control device and is likewise reprogrammable.