Patent ID: 8923992

Claim:
A safety-extension base connected to a main base in a PLC (programmable logic controller) system, comprising: a communication unit configured to perform data communication with the main base; a system state monitoring unit configured to monitor a state of the PLC system using data communicated between the communication unit and the main base; a module control unit configured to control a general operation of the safety-extension base and output a different case of control signals according to whether or not the state of the PLC system is a normal state; a memory unit configured to store data transmitted from the main base, a program and information, necessary for controlling a safety state of the safety-extension base; a state conversion unit configured to convert the state of the safety-extension base into the normal state or safety state according to the control signal output from the module control unit; and a safety-processing unit configured to perform a control of the safety-extension base using information transmitted from the main base in a case when the state of the safety-extension base is converted into the normal state by the state conversion unit, and perform a control of the safety-extension base according to a user-defined program previously stored in the memory unit in a case when the state of the safety-extension base is converted into the safety state by the state conversion unit, wherein the communication unit is further configured to receive, from the main base, initial operation information including initial parameters and setup information and operation information including parameters and a program, previously defined by a user wherein a safety-state control is performed by converting the state of the safety-extension base into the safety state in a case when a defect occurs in the PLC system, and wherein the system state monitoring unit is further configured to decide whether the safety-extension base performs a normal-state control by checking whether the initial operation information is normal.