Method for commissioning a pneumatic actuator device, commissioning system and control module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12196231-B2
Application number	US-202117517233-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 2, 2021
Priority date	Nov 6, 2020
Publication date	Jan 14, 2025
Grant date	Jan 14, 2025

Abstract

A method for commissioning a pneumatic actuator device, which includes a pneumatic drive cylinder and a pneumatic control module mounted on the pneumatic drive cylinder, wherein a plurality of commissioning steps to be carried out for commissioning are displayed by means of a graphical display device separate from the control module, the graphical display device in particular being a tablet computer or a mobile telephone, and wherein a control module state is being transmitted from the control module to the display device via a communication link between the control module and the display device, and the commissioning steps are being displayed taking into account the transmitted control module state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for commissioning a pneumatic actuator device, which comprises a pneumatic drive cylinder and a pneumatic control module mounted on the pneumatic drive cylinder, wherein a plurality of commissioning steps to be carried out for commissioning are being displayed by means of a graphical display device separate from the control module, and a control module state is being transmitted from the control module to the display device via a communication link between the control module and the display device, and the commissioning steps are being displayed taking into account the transmitted control module state, and
wherein the commissioning steps are sequentially displayed by means of the display device, and wherein a commissioning step currently displayed by means of the display device is switched to a next commissioning step in response to a received control module state, wherein said next commissioning step is displayed by means of the display device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the commissioning steps concerns connecting a hose to the control module and the drive cylinder.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, for at least one commissioning step, a visual indication signal is output for a user carrying out the commissioning, the visual indication signal being output by means of at least one LED of the control module.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein, by means of the visual indication signal, a hose port of the pneumatic control module is indicated to which hose port a hose is to be connected.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the control module has an operating device and the display of the commissioning steps on the display device takes place taking into account an operation carried out with the operating device.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the type of the pneumatic actuator device is being detected and a graphical representation of the pneumatic actuator device is being displayed on the display device based on the detected type.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an orientation of the control module in space is being detected by means of an acceleration sensor of the control module and a graphical representation of the pneumatic actuator device and/or the control module is being displayed on the display device according to the detected orientation.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the display device displays at least one available function of the actuator device and the function is started by operating the display device.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the display device, in a state in which there is not yet a communication link to the control module, indicates a commissioning step concerning the connection of a communication cable to the control module.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the display device automatically switches to a next commissioning step in response to the communication link to the control module being established.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the display device is a tablet computer or a mobile phone.

12. A commissioning system, comprising a pneumatic actuator device, which comprises a pneumatic drive cylinder and a pneumatic control module mounted on the pneumatic drive cylinder, the commissioning system further comprising a graphical display device separate from the control module, which graphical display device is configured to display a plurality of commissioning steps to be carried out for commissioning the actuator device, wherein the commissioning system further comprises a communication link between the control module and the display device, and the control module is configured to transmit a control module state of the control module to the display device via the communication link, and the display device is configured to display the commissioning steps taking into account the transmitted control module state, and
wherein the display device is configured to display the commissioning steps sequentially, and wherein the display device is further configured to switch from a currently displayed commissioning step to a next commissioning step in response to a received control module state and to display this next step.

Assignees

• Festo Se & Co Kg

Inventors

• Schweizer Christian
• Dietrich Tobias
• Haase Heiko
• Wurst Manuel
• Meyer Alexander

Classifications

• F15B21/082

  with different modes · CPC title

• F15B19/00

  Testing; {Calibrating; Fault detection or monitoring; Simulation or modelling of} fluid-pressure systems or apparatus not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• F15B2211/6656

  Closed loop control, i.e. control using feedback · CPC title

• F15B2211/6313

  the pressure being a load pressure · CPC title

• F15B2211/6306

  representing a pressure · CPC title