Patent ID: 7206834

Claim:
An industrial controller for at least one of a machine tool, a robot and a production machine, comprising: a converter which links predefined operating states, of the at least one of the machine tool, the robot and the production machine, on an individual operating-state basis to respective at least one of messages and alarms so that, if one of the predefined operating states is present, a notification about which of the predefined operating states is present is sent to a predefined distribution group, the notification including at least one of an SMS message and an e-mail; and a table which links each of the predefined operating states with: i) a respective distribution group to whom the notification is to be sent, and ii) information to be included in the notification, wherein after one of the predefined operating states is detected, the respective at least one of message and alarm linked with the one of the predefined operating states is sent via the notification to the respective distribution group linked with the detected predefined operating state, the respective at least one of message and alarm including the information linked with the detected predefined operating state, and wherein the table links at least two of the predefined operating states with a different respective distribution group.