Patent ID: 9061418
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: B25J,G05B

Abstract:
1. A control system comprising a control apparatus for controlling a driven body, and a pendant having an emergency stop switch for causing operation of said driven body to stop, wherein said control apparatus includes: an emergency stop circuit which causes operation of said driven body to stop when said emergency stop switch is operated or when said pendant is disconnected from said control apparatus; a detach-ready setting switch which switches detach-ready setting information to “detach mode” or “normal mode”, said detach-ready setting information being switched to “detach mode” when connecting or disconnecting said pendant to or from said control apparatus and otherwise switched to “normal mode”; and a connection state monitoring unit which monitors connection state between said pendant and said control apparatus, and wherein said control apparatus disables operation of said emergency stop circuit when said detach-ready setting information is set to “detach mode” and when said connection state information indicates that said pendant has been disconnected from said control apparatus.