CN111258277A - Production equipment control method and production equipment control system - Google Patents

Abstract

A control method of production equipment is suitable for a production equipment control system, the production equipment control system comprises a server, the server can be connected with a plurality of terminal devices, at least one production equipment and a storage, the server can receive control requirement information respectively transmitted by the plurality of terminal devices, the storage stores a waiting list, the server can execute the control method of the production equipment, and the control method of the production equipment comprises the following steps: a main sequencing step, a main control right distribution step and a main control right release step. The master control right distribution step is to make the terminal device corresponding to the control requirement information positioned at the first position of the waiting list have the authority to control the production equipment. The master right releasing step is to release the right of the terminal device to control the production equipment.

Description

Production equipment control method and production equipment control system

technical field

The invention relates to a production equipment control method and production equipment control system, in particular to a production equipment control method for controlling at least one production equipment and a production equipment control system with at least one production equipment and a server.

Background technique

In a factory building with multiple production equipment, if the relevant personnel want to operate any production equipment in the factory building, the relevant personnel must walk to the production equipment to operate the production equipment. Therefore, the relevant personnel are troubled. For example, when When the relevant personnel are ready to issue an urgent production order to a specific production equipment, the relevant personnel must waste time walking to the specific production equipment before issuing the production order.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a production equipment control method and production equipment control system, which are used to improve the problem that multiple people cannot remotely operate the production equipment in the existing workshop.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a control method of production equipment, which is suitable for a production equipment control system, the production equipment control system includes a server, the server and a plurality of terminal devices, at least one production equipment and a storage is connected, the server can receive a control request information respectively transmitted from a plurality of the terminal devices, the storage stores at least a waiting list, the server can execute the control method of the production equipment, In order to process a plurality of the control request information in sequence, the control method of the production equipment includes the following steps; a main sorting step: reading the waiting list, and judging whether other controls are arranged in the waiting list request information; if no other control request information is arranged in the waiting list, then the control request information is arranged to the first position of the waiting list; if other control request information is arranged in the waiting list control request information, then arrange the control request information in the waiting list; a master control right allocation step: make the terminal device corresponding to the control request information located at the first position in the waiting list, Have the authority to control at least one of the production equipment; wherein, the terminal device with the authority to control at least one of the production equipment is defined as a main control device; when the main control device no longer controls any of the production equipment , the server will perform the following steps: a step of releasing the master control right: canceling the permission of the master control device to control at least one of the production equipment; wherein, after the server executes the step of releasing the master control right, it will execute The master control right assigning step, and the server will repeatedly execute the master control right assigning step and the master control right releasing step until there is no control request information in the waiting list.

Preferably, when the server executes the step of assigning the master control rights, so that one of the terminal devices has the right to control at least one of the production equipment, the server will start timing; when the server receives all the When at least one control data for controlling any of the production equipments transmitted by the master control device, the server will restart the timing; when the server does not receive the master within a predetermined time after starting the timing When the control data transmitted by the control device to control any one of the production equipments, the server will execute the step of releasing the master control right.

Preferably, when the server receives a cancellation message sent by the main control device, the server will execute the step of releasing the main control right.

Preferably, in the main sorting step, if at least one piece of the control requirement information is sorted in the waiting list, the server first executes the process before arranging each of the control requirement information into the waiting list. The following steps: a priority data judging step: judging whether the control request information has a priority data; if the control request information has the priority data, the server arranges the control request information to the waiting When it is in the list, the order of the control request information in the waiting list will be improved according to the priority data.

Preferably, the storage stores a plurality of the waiting lists; before the main sorting step, it further includes a group determination step: determining which group the control request information belongs to; in the main sorting step , the corresponding waiting list is read according to the result obtained in the group determination step.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention also provides a production equipment control system, which includes a server and a storage, the server can communicate with a plurality of terminal devices and at least one production equipment, the storage stores a waiting list, The server can execute the control method of the production apparatus described in any one of claim items 1 to 4.

Preferably, the production equipment control system further includes a plurality of the terminal devices, when one of the terminal devices becomes the main control device, the main control device will start timing; when the main control device is operated by the user When at least one control data for controlling any of the production equipment is transmitted to the server, the main control device will restart the timing; when the main control device is not operated within a predetermined period of time after the timing is started When the control data for controlling any one of the production equipments is not transmitted to the server, the main control device will transmit cancellation information to the server.

Preferably, the storage stores a plurality of the waiting lists; the server will first perform a group judgment step before executing the main sorting step: judging which group the control request information belongs to; In the main sorting step, the corresponding waiting list is read according to the result obtained in the group judging step.

Preferably, the production equipment control system further includes a plurality of the terminal devices, when one of the terminal devices becomes the main control device, the main control device will start timing; when the main control device is operated by the user When at least one control data for controlling any of the production equipment is transmitted to the server, the main control device will restart the timing; when the main control device is not operated within a predetermined period of time after the timing is started When the control data for controlling any one of the production equipments is not transmitted to the server, the main control device will transmit cancellation information to the server.

The beneficial effect of the present invention can be that: multiple people can control at least one production equipment through the server, and through the design of the waiting list, it will not happen that two people issue different production instructions to the same production equipment at the same time, thus causing the production equipment The problem of producing the wrong product.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of the first embodiment of the control method of the production equipment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block schematic diagram of a production equipment control system of the present invention; FIG. 2 is also a block schematic diagram of a production equipment control method of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is another block schematic diagram of the first embodiment of the production equipment control system of the present invention; FIG. 3 is also another block schematic diagram of the production equipment control method of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic flow chart of the second embodiment of the control method of the production equipment of the present invention.

5 to 7 are schematic block diagrams of the second embodiment of the control method of the production equipment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic flowchart of a third embodiment of the control method of the production equipment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 are respectively a flow chart and a block diagram of a fourth embodiment of the control method of the production equipment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a block schematic diagram of another specific implementation of the fourth embodiment of the control method of the production equipment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The following describes the implementation of the control method of the production equipment and the production equipment control system of the present invention by means of specific specific examples. It is to be emphasized that in the following description, most of the related contents mentioned above appear in the specific drawings, but it is not limited that only the specific drawings can be referred to in the subsequent description.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 together, which are respectively a flow chart and a block diagram of a first embodiment of the control method of the production equipment of the present invention.

The control method of the production equipment of the present invention is suitable for the production equipment control system. The production equipment control system 100 includes a server 10 and a storage 11. The server 10 can communicate with three terminal devices TA, TB, TC and three production equipments E1. , E2, E3 connection (may be connected by wireless or wired), the server 10 can receive a control request information TA1, TB1, TC1 transmitted from the three terminal devices TA, TB, TC respectively; the server 10 and the storage The storage 11 is connected, and the storage 11 stores a waiting list 111 . In this embodiment, the server 10 is connected to three terminal devices TA, TB, TC and three production equipments E1, E2, E3 as an example, but the number of terminal devices and production equipment that can be connected to the server 10 is not limited to this. . In practical applications, the storage 11 may be a memory or a hard disk in the server 10, and the storage 11 may be provided in the server 10, or the storage 11 may also be a hard disk independent of the server 10, which is not described here. be restricted.

The server 10 can execute the control method of the production equipment to sequentially process a plurality of the control request information. The control method of the production equipment includes the following steps:

A main sorting step S1: reading the waiting list, and judging whether any control request information is arranged in the waiting list;

If no control request information is arranged in the waiting list, the control request information is arranged to the first position of the waiting list;

If the control request information is arranged in the waiting list, the control request information is arranged in the waiting list;

A master control right allocation step S2: make the terminal device corresponding to the control request information located at the first position in the waiting list to have the authority to control at least one production equipment; wherein, the terminal device with the authority to control at least one production equipment is defined as a master control device.

When the master device no longer controls any production equipment, the server will perform the following steps:

A master control right release step S3: cancel the master control device's right to control at least one production equipment.

Wherein, after the server executes the master control right release step S3, it will execute the master control right distribution step S2, and the server will repeatedly execute the master control right distribution step S2 and the master control right release step S3 until no control rights are arranged in the waiting list. Request information.

In practical applications, when at least one control request information is arranged in the waiting list, the server may simultaneously execute the main sorting step S1 when executing the master control right allocation step S2, but it is not limited thereto.

In different applications, the server may not execute the main sorting step S1 at the same time when the server performs the master control assignment step S2; for example, the server may receive the received The control request information is temporarily stored in the storage according to the received time; when the server has completed the master control assignment step S2, and wants to execute the master sorting step S1, the server will sequentially read and temporarily store it in the storage. control request information in the controller, so as to execute the main sorting step S1 and the main control right assigning step S2 successively.

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , for example, it is assumed that the server 10 receives messages from three terminal devices TA, TB, and TC at three different times: 7:00, 7:10, and 7:5. control request information TA1, TB1, TC1.

When the server 10 receives the control request information TA1 transmitted by the terminal device TA at 7:00, it will read the waiting list 111 stored in the storage 11, and determine whether other control request information is arranged in the waiting list 111. If no other control request information is arranged in the waiting list 111 , the server 10 will arrange the control request information TA1 to the first position of the waiting list 111 .

When the server 10 receives the control request information TC1 transmitted from the terminal device TC at 7:5, since the control request information TA1 is already in the first place in the waiting list 111, the server 10 will make the control request The information TC1 is arranged to the last bit (ie, the second bit) in the waiting list 111 .

When the server 10 receives the control request information TB1 transmitted from the terminal device TB at 7:10, since the control request information TA1 and the control request information TC1 are already arranged in the first and second places in the waiting list 111, Therefore, the server 10 will arrange the control request information TB1 to the last digit (ie, the third rank) in the waiting list 111 . In practical applications, the server 10 may record the time when it receives any control request information in the storage 11, for example, in an event log file (Event logs).

In practical applications, it is assumed that the server 10 starts to receive the control request information TA1 transmitted by the terminal device TA at 7:00, and the server 10 receives the complete control request information TA1 at 7:15; and the server 10 receives the complete control request information TA1 at 7:5; At 7:10, the server 10 starts to receive the control request information TC1 transmitted by the terminal device TC, and the server 10 receives the complete control request information TC1 at 7:10; in this way, the server 10 can be designed according to the requirements to prioritize the processing of the control request information TA1 (ie, the server 10 processes the control request information in sequence according to the time when it starts to receive the control request information), or preferentially processes the control request information TC1 (ie, the server 10 processes the control request information in sequence according to the time when the complete control request information is received), which is not limited here. The terminal device can be, for example, a tablet computer, a smart phone, an industrial computer, etc., and the terminal device can provide user operations to use a pre-built operating system (operating system, OS) or a pre-built mobile application (Mobile application, APP) is connected to the server 10, or the terminal device can also provide user operation and connect to the server 10 through a pre-built web browser.

As shown in FIG. 2 , after the terminal devices TA, TB, and TC are connected to the server 10, the server 10 may transmit an operation information 101 to the terminal devices TA, TB, and TC, and the terminal devices TA, TB, and TC receive the operation information 101. After that, it will be displayed on the display of the terminal device TA, TB, TC in the form of an operation interface, and the user can operate the terminal device TA, TB, TC according to the screen displayed by the operation interface, so that the terminal device TA, TB , TC correspondingly sends the control request information TA1 , TB1 , TC1 to the server 10 .

In practical applications, when the server 10 receives an online request from a terminal device, the server 10 may first perform a relevant identity authentication procedure on the terminal device, such as determining the IP address of the terminal device. In the network domain, the server 10 will receive the connection request sent by the terminal device, otherwise, the server 10 will reject the connection request sent by the terminal device. Of course, the server 10 may also use other methods to confirm whether the terminal device that issued the connection request is the default (approved) terminal device.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 , when the server 10 executes the above-mentioned main sorting step S1, and arranges the control request information TA1 to the first place in the waiting list 111, the server 10 will execute the above-mentioned main control right assigning step S2, and The terminal device TA is made the master control device M. At this time, the terminal device TA will have the authority to control any of the production equipment E1 , E2 , and E3 connected to the server 10 .

In practical applications, when performing the above-mentioned master control right allocation step S2, the server 10 may first transmit a master control information 102 to the master control device M, and when the master control device M receives the master control information 102, the master control device M Then it can be presented on the display it has in the form of a main control interface, and the user can operate the main control device M according to the screen displayed by the main control interface, so that the main control device M corresponds to sending and controlling the output of the production equipment E1. The control data M1 is sent to the server 10 . After receiving the control data M1 , the server 10 can transmit the control data M1 to the production equipment E1 , so that the production equipment E1 operates according to the control data M1 transmitted by the main control device M. Of course, the user may operate the main control device M to transmit a plurality of control data for controlling different production equipment to the server 10 to control a plurality of different production equipment.

In one embodiment, when the production equipment E1 operates according to the control data M1 transmitted by the main control device M, the production equipment E1 may display the basic information corresponding to the main control device M on the display E11 of the production equipment E1. Data (such as the code name of the terminal device, etc.) or control data M1, or the relevant personnel located next to the production equipment E1 will be able to know which terminal the production equipment E1 is currently operating by watching the display E11 of the production equipment E1. It is controlled by the device, and the relevant personnel can also watch the related actions to be performed by the production equipment E1 on the display E11.

As shown in FIG. 3 , in an actual application, when the server 10 arranges any control request information into the non-first position of the waiting list 111 , the server 10 may transmit a waiting information 103 to the corresponding terminal device, and the terminal When the device receives the waiting information 103, a waiting interface can be presented on the display of the terminal device. For example, when the server 10 arranges the control request information TB1 and the control request information TC1 into the third and second positions in the waiting list 111 respectively, the server 10 will transmit the waiting information 103 to the terminal device TB and the terminal device, respectively. TC, and after the terminal device TB and the terminal device TC respectively receive the waiting information 103, the waiting interface can be displayed on the screen of their display, so that the users of the terminal device TB and the terminal device TC can know the terminal device accordingly. The TB and the terminal device TC are not currently at the top of the waiting list 111 . In addition, when the terminal device is not the main control device M, the user cannot generate the corresponding control request information by operating the terminal device, or the user cannot operate the terminal device to pass the server in the waiting interface. 10. Control the action of any production equipment.

In different embodiments, the waiting information 103 transmitted by the server 10 may include the content of the waiting list 111 , and the relevant users of the terminal device receiving the waiting information 103 can use the waiting interface displayed on the display of the terminal device. , watch the sorting of the waiting list 111. Wherein, the waiting information 103 transmitted by the server 10 may only include the arrangement position of the corresponding terminal device in the waiting list 111 , or the waiting information 103 may be a basic information including all control request information arranged in the waiting list 111 . data (for example, the code name of the terminal device, etc.), and the user of the terminal device can view which terminal device is currently at the first position in the waiting list 111 through the waiting interface.

When the main control device M no longer controls any production equipment, for example, the main control device M sends a cancellation message (not shown), the server 10 detects that the main control device M has not sent the control data M1 within a predetermined time, Or the production equipment has completed the corresponding execution operations according to all the control data transmitted by the master control device M, and the server 10 will execute the master control right release step S3, so that the terminal device of the master control device M no longer has control. The server 10 will delete the control requirement information located at the first position in the waiting list 111, and make the remaining control requirement information in the waiting list 111 fill up one by one.

According to the above, more specifically, the user can connect to the server 10 through the built-in operating system, mobile application or web browser in the tablet computer (terminal device), and then the server 10 downloads the operation information. 101 (as shown in Figure 2) to the tablet computer, after the tablet computer receives the operation information 101, the tablet computer can display the operation information 101 on the display through the operation interface, and then the user can operate the tablet computer to input in the operation interface data, or by operating the tablet computer to click a specific (virtual) button in the operation interface, so that the tablet computer can correspondingly generate the control request information.

When the server 10 executes the master control right assigning step S2, and the server 10 transmits the master control information 102 (as shown in FIG. 3 ) to the tablet computer, the tablet computer will become the aforementioned master control device, and the display of the tablet computer will The main control interface is displayed; at this time, the user can operate the tablet computer to correspondingly generate control data M1 for controlling any production equipment; when the user operates the tablet computer, the control data M1 for controlling a specific production equipment is generated At this time, the tablet computer can transmit the control data M1 to the corresponding production equipment through the server 10, so that the corresponding production equipment can perform corresponding actions according to the control data M1.

In practical applications, when the tablet computer is connected to the server 10 and the tablet computer does not become the master control device M, an operation interface displayed by the tablet computer may be the master control device M displayed when the tablet computer becomes the master control device M. The interfaces are not the same; or, when the tablet computer displays the operation interface, the user cannot operate some (virtual) buttons in the operation interface, and when the tablet computer displays the main control interface, the user cannot operate the operation interface originally. part of the (virtual) button will be turned into a user-operable.

Please refer to FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 together. In another embodiment, the master control right allocation step S2 may include the following two steps:

A permission query step S21: query a permission list stored in the storage according to the control request information located at the first position of the waiting list;

A master control right opening step S22 : according to the result of querying the permission list, it is determined which production equipment the terminal device corresponding to the control request information located at the first position in the waiting list has the permission to control.

As shown in FIG. 5 , for example, each control request information TA1 may include a user data TA11, and the server 10 may search for a record corresponding to the authority list 112 according to the user data TA11, thereby confirming that the terminal device TA is becoming When the master device M is used, the terminal device TA can control which production equipments are connected to the server 10 .

Regarding the acquisition of user data (TA11), the specific implementation may be: when the server 10 receives a connection request from any terminal device, the server 10 first requires the user of the terminal device to input the user data (TA11) in the terminal device. TA11) (for example, including user name and password), in this way, the user can use any terminal device to connect to the server 10 and obtain the same control authority. For example, it is assumed that the authority list 112 records that the factory manager has the authority to control all production equipment. In this way, the factory manager can enter his relevant user information on any terminal device (such as a tablet computer, an industrial computer, a smart phone, etc.) The data is connected to the server 10. When the terminal device that the factory manager inputs his user data becomes the master control device, the factory manager can control any production equipment connected to the server 10 through the terminal device. To put it another way, when different users input different user data in the same terminal device, when the terminal device becomes the master device, the authority of the production equipment that the terminal device can control may be different.

It is particularly noted that, in the above specific implementation manner, the user data (TA11) is input by the user through the terminal device (TA) as an example, but not limited to this; in different specific implementation manners, the user The data (TA11) can also be generated by the terminal device (TA) itself, or when the terminal device (TA) transmits the control request information (TA1) to the server 10, the control request information (TA1) will include the terminal device (TA1). ) automatically generated user data (TA11); in this way, no matter which user of the same terminal device inputs its data, when the terminal device becomes the master device, the authority of the production equipment that the terminal device can control is the same.

In practical applications, when different terminal devices become master control devices, different master control interfaces may be displayed on the display corresponding to different production equipments that can be controlled.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 6 . FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the master control right releasing step S3, and the description is as follows:

When the server 10 is performing the master control right assignment step S2, and the server 10 enables one of the terminal devices to have the authority to control at least one production equipment, the server 10 may start timing; when the server 10 receives the control transmitted by the master control device M When any production equipment control data, the server 10 will restart the timing; when the server 10 does not receive any control data for controlling the production equipment transmitted by the main control device M within a predetermined time, the server 10 will be able to Send a cancellation confirmation message 104 to the main control device M. If the main control device M fails to transmit the control data (or any information) for controlling any production equipment to the server 10 within another predetermined time, the server 10 will execute all Step S3 of releasing the master control right is described.

For example, when the server 10 makes the terminal device TA become the master device M, the server 10 may start timing for 20 minutes (for example, it can be set to a different time according to needs), if the user does not operate within 20 minutes terminal device TA, the server 10 may transmit the cancellation confirmation information 104 to the terminal device TA. After the terminal device TA receives the cancellation confirmation information 104, a prompt window will be displayed on the display screen of the terminal device TA. If the terminal device TA is operated within 5 minutes (for example, it can be set to different time according to requirements), the server 10 will execute the step S3 of releasing the master control right. If the user operates the terminal device TA when the prompt window is displayed on the terminal device TA, the terminal device TA may transmit a master control data M2 to the server 10, and the server 10 will re-time. If the terminal device TA transmits control data for controlling any production equipment to the server 10 within 20 minutes from the time the server 10 starts timing, the server 10 will re-time.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 7 together. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing another implementation manner of the master control right releasing step S3 . In the following description, it is assumed that the production equipment control system further includes a plurality of the above-mentioned terminal devices. When the server 10 makes the terminal device TA become the main control device M, the terminal device TA can start timing, when the main control device M is operated by the user and transmits at least one control data to control any of the production equipment E1, E2, E3 to In the server 10, the main control device M will restart the timing; when the main control device M is not operated by the user within a predetermined period of time after the start of timing, the control of any of the production equipment E1 is transferred. , E2 , E3 control data to the server 10 , then the main control device M will automatically transmit the cancellation information M3 to the server 10 .

After receiving the cancellation information M3, the server 10 will execute the master control right releasing step S3; of course, before executing the master controlling right releasing step S3, the server 10 may also transmit a cancellation confirmation message 104 to the terminal device TA, and the terminal device TA After receiving the cancellation confirmation message 104, a prompt window will be displayed on the display screen of the terminal device TA. If the user does not operate the terminal device TA within another predetermined time, the server 10 will execute the master control release step S3. If the user operates the terminal device TA when the prompt window is displayed on the terminal device TA, the terminal device TA may transmit a master control data M2 to the server 10, and the master device M will re-time.

Please refer to FIG. 8 , which is a schematic diagram of a third embodiment of the control method of the production equipment of the present invention. The biggest difference between this embodiment and the previous embodiment is that:

In the main sorting step S1, if at least one control request information is sorted in the waiting list, before the server arranges each control request information into the waiting list, the server will first perform the following steps:

A priority data determination step S11: determine whether the control request information has a priority data; if the control request information has the priority data, arrange the control request information in a waiting list, and according to the priority data, upgrade the control request information to The order in the waiting list; if there is no priority data in the control request information, the control request information is arranged in the waiting list.

In practical applications, each priority data may correspond to a weight value. Under the condition that some control request information already arranged in the waiting list contains priority data (that is, the current waiting list is not completely based on the server receiving control If the time of request information is arranged), the server will compare the weight value corresponding to the priority data contained in the currently processed control request information with the weight value corresponding to all priority data currently in the waiting list, so as to have The control request information of the priority data is arranged in the waiting list according to the weight value corresponding to the priority data.

For example, it is assumed that control request information TA1, control request information TB1, and control request information TC1 are arranged in the first to third places in the etc. list, respectively, and the control request information TA1 and the control request information TB1 respectively have priority data TA12 and The priority data TB12, wherein the weight value W1 corresponding to the priority data TA12 is higher than the weight value W2 corresponding to the priority data TB12; at this time, if the server wants to put the control request information TD1 with the priority data TD12 into the waiting list, the server will compare The weight value W3 corresponding to the priority data TD12, and the weight value W1 and the weight value W2 corresponding to the priority data TA12 and the priority data TB12 in the current waiting list; if the weight value W3 is higher than the weight value W1, the server will send the control request information TD1 Arranged at the first place in the waiting list, the control request information TA1, the control request information TB1 and the control request information TC1 are deferred; if the weight value W3 is between the weight value W1 and the weight value W2, the server will make the control request The request information TD1 is arranged in the second position of the waiting list, and the control request information TB1 and the control request information TC1 will be the third and fourth positions of the waiting list.

In practical applications, the priority data may be generated by the terminal device itself, or, when the user generates control request information through a specific terminal device and transmits it to the server, the terminal device can make the control request information include priority data. . That is, if the user transmits control request information to the server through different terminal devices, the control request information will correspondingly include priority data with different weights.

In another practical application, the priority data can also be generated by the terminal device according to the user's operation of the terminal device. For example, when the terminal device is connected to the server, the terminal device uses the operation information transmitted by the server to operate the interface. When displayed on the display, the user can operate the terminal device to click on the virtual button in the operation interface (or press the specific physical button of the terminal device), so that the control request information generated by the terminal device includes priority. data. Wherein, when the user presses different virtual buttons or different physical buttons, the priority data may have different weight values correspondingly.

In another embodiment, when the user enters the relevant user data on the terminal device, the priority data may be generated correspondingly, or the relevant login data (for example, including user name and password) input by different users in the terminal device. , and corresponding priority data can also be generated; specifically, after inputting the factory manager's account number and password in the terminal device to connect to the server, the control request information transmitted by the terminal device to the server will include the priority data. Please refer to FIG. 9 and FIG. 10 together, which are a schematic flowchart and a block diagram of a fourth embodiment of the control method of the production equipment of the present invention. The biggest difference between this embodiment and the foregoing embodiments is that the storage 11 may store multiple waiting lists. Multiple production equipment can be divided into multiple groups by users or related personnel, and each group has a corresponding waiting list, that is, the number of waiting lists stored in the storage 11 corresponds to the number of multiple production equipment being divided into groups. The number of groups in the interval. Before the main sorting step S1, a group judging step SG may also be included: judging which group the control request information belongs to; then, in the main sorting step S1, the server 10 may be based on the judgment result of the group judging step SG, Read the corresponding wait list.

As shown in FIG. 10 , for example, the relevant personnel can divide the six production equipments E11, E12, E21, E22, E23, and E3 into three groups G1, G2, and G3, and the storage 11 can Three waiting lists 111A, 111B, and 111C are correspondingly stored. Assuming that the control request information TA1 only contains relevant control data for controlling the production equipment E11, when the server 10 processes the control request information TA1, it will determine that the control request information TA1 belongs to the group G1, and then the server 10 will read the corresponding waiting list 111A, to perform the aforementioned main sorting step S1. Similarly, when the server 10 judges that the control request information contains only control data for controlling the production equipment E12, the server 10 will read the waiting list 111A.

Conversely, when the server 10 determines that the control request information includes control data related to any one of the control production equipment E21, E22, and E23, the server 10 determines that the control request information belongs to the group G2, and then reads the waiting list 111B that has already been read. The subsequent main sorting step is performed; when the server 10 determines that the control request information contains the relevant control data for controlling the production equipment E3, the server 10 reads the waiting list 111C in the main sorting step.

In other words, the production equipment can be classified into multiple groups, the storage stores a waiting list corresponding to the number of groups, and the server will control the relevant control data of the production equipment it wants to control according to the control request information. to determine which waiting list the control request information applies to, so as to read the corresponding waiting list in the subsequent main sorting step.

It is worth mentioning that in the main sorting step S1 and the main control right assigning step S2 after the group determination step SG, the server 10 enables the corresponding terminal device to have the authority to control any production equipment in the same group. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, in the master control right assignment step S2, if the server 10 determines that the control request information TA1 belongs to the group G1, the server 10 will make the control request information TA1 become the first in the waiting list 111A. The terminal device TA is given the authority of any production equipment E11 and E12 in the control group G1.

As shown in Figure 11, for example, a production plant that produces gummy bears of various colors includes a red raw material replenishing equipment NUE1, a yellow raw material replenishing equipment NUE2, a gelatin replenishing equipment NUE3, an unloading equipment UE1, a Material mixing equipment UE2 and a molding equipment UE3; these equipments are all connected with the server 10. Among them, the red raw material replenishing equipment NUE1, the yellow raw material replenishing equipment NUE2 and the gelatin replenishing equipment NUE3 may be classified into the same group G1, and the blanking equipment UE1, the material mixing equipment UE2 and the molding equipment UE3 may be classified into the same group G2. The storage 11 stores corresponding waiting lists 111A and 111B.

The red raw material replenishing device NUE1, the yellow raw material replenishing device NUE2, and the gelatin replenishing device NUE3 can be controlled by the server 10, and the unloading device UE1 is replenished with red raw material, yellow raw material or gelatin. The unloading equipment UE1, the material mixing equipment UE2 and the molding equipment UE3 can be set on the same production line, and the unloading equipment UE1 can be controlled by the server 10 to put a predetermined proportion of red raw materials and yellow raw materials into a mixing tank. at least one of the gelatin, and a predetermined proportion of gelatin. After the unloading equipment UE1 completes the delivery of the red raw materials, yellow raw materials and gelatin, the material mixing equipment UE2 will perform operations such as stirring and heating the mixing tank to produce pectin with a predetermined color in the mixing tank. Subsequently, the molding equipment UE3 Will make multiple gummy bears from the pectin in the mixing tank.

When the terminal device TA becomes the main control device M, and the terminal device TA controls the cutting equipment UE1, the material mixing equipment UE2 and the molding equipment UE3 to operate to produce yellow gummy bears, if the terminal device TB transmits the control request information TB1 to In the server 10, and the control request information TB1 contains only the control data for the operation of any device included in the control group G1, the server 10 will arrange the control request information TB1 after the server 10 goes through the group judgment step SG. into the waiting list 111B instead of the waiting list A, and the server 10 will make the terminal device TB directly obtain the control authority of any device in the control group G1, or the terminal device TA of the main control device M and other terminal devices It can be at the same time to control devices belonging to different groups respectively.

As described above, in the embodiment without the group determination step SG, the control request information TB1 will be queued in the waiting list 111A, and the terminal device TB will wait until the control request information TB1 becomes the first in the waiting list 111A. When the bit is set, any device in the group G1 can be controlled, so the relevant personnel of the terminal device TB will spend a lot of time waiting. Please refer to FIG. 2 again, which is a schematic diagram of the production equipment control system of the present invention. The production facility control system 100 includes a server 10, a storage 11, and a plurality of terminal devices. The server 10 of the production equipment control system 100 can execute the control methods of the production equipment mentioned in the above embodiments. For the linkage relationship among the server 10, the storage 11 and a plurality of terminal devices, please refer to the above embodiments. In different embodiments, the production equipment control system of the present invention may also include a plurality of terminal devices.

In different embodiments, the production equipment control system 100 may further include at least one programmable logic controller (PLC), the at least one programmable logic controller is electrically connected to at least one production equipment, and the server 10 is electrically At least one programmable logic controller is connected, and the server 10 can control at least one production equipment through the at least one programmable logic controller. In another embodiment, the production equipment control system 100 may also include at least one production equipment.

To sum up, the production equipment control method and production equipment control system of the present invention can allow multiple users to connect to the server through multiple terminal devices, so as to control the actions of specific production equipment, and pass the waiting list. design, there will be no problem that multiple users control the action of the production equipment at the same time, resulting in the production equipment producing wrong products (for example, if there is no waiting list design, there may be a problem that is ready to produce yellow gummy bears Personnel, after issuing production instructions to the production equipment, another person who is ready to produce red gummy bears also issues production instructions to the production equipment, and the final production equipment may produce orange gummy bears).

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1. a control method of production equipment, it is characterized in that, the control method of described production equipment is applicable in a production equipment control system, and described production equipment control system comprises a server, described server and a plurality of terminal devices, at least A production equipment is connected to a storage, the server can receive a control request information respectively transmitted from a plurality of the terminal devices, the storage stores at least a waiting list, and the server can execute the production equipment The control method is to process a plurality of the control request information in sequence, and the control method of the production equipment includes the following steps; A main sorting step: reading the waiting list, and judging whether other control request information is arranged in the waiting list; If no other control requirement information is arranged in the waiting list, the control requirement information is arranged to the first position of the waiting list; If other control request information is arranged in the waiting list, the control request information is arranged in the waiting list; A master control right allocation step: enabling the terminal device corresponding to the control request information located at the first position of the waiting list to have the right to control at least one of the production equipment; wherein, it has the right to control at least one of the The terminal device of the authority of the production equipment is defined as a master control device; When the main control device no longer controls any of the production equipment, the server will perform the following steps: A master control right releasing step: cancel the authority of the master control device to control at least one of the production equipment; Wherein, after the server executes the step of releasing the master control right, it will execute the step of assigning the master control right, and the server will repeatedly execute the step of assigning the master control right and the step of releasing the master control right until all the None of the control request information is arranged in the waiting list. 2 . The method for controlling production equipment according to claim 1 , wherein when the server executes the master control right assigning step, one of the terminal devices has the authority to control at least one of the production equipment. 3 . , the server will start timing; when the server receives at least one control data transmitted by the main control device to control any of the production equipment, the server will restart timing; when the server is in When the control data for controlling any of the production equipments transmitted by the main control device is not received within a predetermined time after the timing is started, the server will execute the step of releasing the main control right. 3 . The control method of the production equipment according to claim 1 , wherein when the server receives a cancellation message transmitted by the master control device, the server executes the step of releasing the master control right. 4 . 4. The method for controlling production equipment according to claim 1, wherein, in the main sorting step, if at least one piece of the control request information is sorted in the waiting list, the server is sorting each Before the control request information is queued into the waiting list, the following steps are performed first: A priority data judging step: judging whether the control request information has a priority data; If the control request information has the priority data, when the server arranges the control request information into the waiting list, the server will promote the control request information to the waiting list according to the priority data in the order. 5. The control method for a production facility according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the storage stores a plurality of the waiting lists; before the main sorting step, it also includes a group of Group judgment step: judging which group the control request information belongs to; in the main sorting step, reading the corresponding waiting list according to the result obtained in the group judgment step. 6. A production equipment control system, characterized in that the production equipment control system comprises a server and a storage, the server can communicate with a plurality of terminal devices and at least one production equipment, and the storage stores a waiting list, the server can execute the control method of the production equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 4. 7 . The production equipment control system according to claim 6 , wherein the production equipment control system further comprises a plurality of the terminal devices, and when one of the terminal devices becomes the main control device, the The main control device will start timing; when the main control device is operated by the user to transmit at least one control data for controlling any of the production equipment to the server, the main control device will restart the timing; when the main control device When the device is not operated within a predetermined period of time after the start of timing, and the control data for controlling any of the production equipment is not transmitted to the server, the main control device will transmit the cancellation information to the server. 8 . The production equipment control system according to claim 6 , wherein the storage stores a plurality of the waiting lists; the server performs a group judgment before executing the main sorting step. 9 . Step: judging which group the control request information belongs to; in the main sorting step, reading the corresponding waiting list according to the result obtained in the group judging step. 9 . The production equipment control system according to claim 8 , wherein the production equipment control system further comprises a plurality of the terminal devices, and when one of the terminal devices becomes the main control device, the The main control device will start timing; when the main control device is operated by the user to transmit at least one control data for controlling any of the production equipment to the server, the main control device will restart the timing; when the main control device When the device is not operated within a predetermined period of time after the start of timing, and the control data for controlling any of the production equipment is not transmitted to the server, the main control device will transmit the cancellation information to the server.

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