Patent DE-102006025747-A1 (DE)
Title: Automatic system for controlling textile machines, comprises means for controlling the textile machines, human machine interface units, and communication network with wire connection and/or wireless networking between the machine and units
Inventor: STUDER HEINZ
IPC: G05B19/418
Filed: 2006-05-31
Abstract: The automatic system for controlling textile machines (51a, 51b, 51c), comprises means for controlling the textile machines, human machine interface units, and a communication network with wire connection and/or wireless networking between the machine and the units. The human machine interface units are formed as thin-clients (56, 57), where its functional equipment is bounded to the indication and input of data. Means for retrieving and loading process data and/or software over the communications network on the human machine interface unit of a server is intended. The automatic system for controlling textile machines (51a, 51b, 51c), comprises means for controlling the textile machines, human machine interface units, and a communication network with wire connection and/or wireless networking between the machine and the units. The human machine interface units are formed as thin-clients (56, 57), where its functional equipment is bounded to the indication and input of data. Means for retrieving and loading process data and/or software over the communications network on the human machine interface unit of a server is intended. The operation of the human machine interface unit is based on a virtual network computing (61a) software, in which indicator content runs on a virtual network computing server or a web server and means of virtual network computing viewers or web browsers is representable on the human machine interface units. The software is installed on the human machine interface units for the representation of indicator contents as virtual network computing viewer or web browser. The retrieve computer is a control computer (52a) of a textile machine and the virtual network computing viewer or web browser runs on the control computer. Means for transmitting inputs, as keyboard instructions, instructions of touch sensors or mouse movements of the human machine interface unit is intended at the retrieve computer. The control computer comprises a memory-programmed control. The human machine interface units of the automatic unit are connected and networked by a local area network (54) and/or an internet with the textile machines. The local area network is equipped with a transmission control protocol/internet protocol communication structure. The network-based control is based on a lean web automation concept with web programmable control. The process data of the textile machines are promptly placed on a web platform and the control is equipped with a Java based application model, by means of which a process data communication is operable via a transmission control protocol/internet protocol network. The textile machine contains a process data server for the web-based supply of the process data and process data service-server for the processing of process data in the sense of the processing of control algorithms. The process data service-server is used for the storage of program code for the processing of process data in the sense of visualization and representation in a web client. Means for retrieving and implementing the program code on the web client is intended. The visualization of the process data takes place on the web client via a web browser.