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Sistemas y métodos de control distribuido para uso en un módulo de cultivo tipo línea de producción

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Publication number
ECSP19038977A
ECSP19038977A ECSENADI201938977A ECDI201938977A ECSP19038977A EC SP19038977 A ECSP19038977 A EC SP19038977A EC SENADI201938977 A ECSENADI201938977 A EC SENADI201938977A EC DI201938977 A ECDI201938977 A EC DI201938977A EC SP19038977 A ECSP19038977 A EC SP19038977A
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distributed control
production line
line type
methods
control systems
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Gary Bret Millar
Mark Gerald Stott
Kevin Hurst
Michael Stephen Hurst
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Grow Solutions Tech Llc
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  • Quality & Reliability (AREA)
  • Software Systems (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Cultivation Of Plants (AREA)
  • Programmable Controllers (AREA)
  • Hydroponics (AREA)
  • Cultivation Receptacles Or Flower-Pots, Or Pots For Seedlings (AREA)
  • Greenhouses (AREA)
  • Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)
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Abstract

Un sistema de control distribuido para uso en un módulo de cultivo tipo línea de producción incluye un controlador maestro y un dispositivo controlador de hardware. El controlador maestro incluye un primer procesador y una primera memoria para almacenar un primer conjunto de instrucciones que dicta las operaciones de cultivo y un segundo conjunto de instrucciones que dicta una pluralidad de funciones de control distribuido. El dispositivo controlador de hardware está conectado al controlador maestro mediante una interfaz de red para conectar. El dispositivo controlador de hardware incluye un segundo procesador y una segunda memoria para almacenar un tercer conjunto de instrucciones que dictan una función de control seleccionada de la pluralidad de funciones de control distribuido. Al producirse la conexión, el controlador maestro identifica una dirección del dispositivo controlador de hardware y envía un conjunto de parámetros que definen una pluralidad de tareas con relación a la función de control seleccionada.
ECSENADI201938977A 2017-06-14 2019-05-31 Sistemas y métodos de control distribuido para uso en un módulo de cultivo tipo línea de producción ECSP19038977A (es)

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