Modular device for controlling industrial processes

Claim 1

Device for controlling an industrial process, regrouping as a whole the functions of the type necessary for the processing of the action of one single activator, said control device comprising a module comprising an integral collection of primary stages required for directing the functional sequences of said activator, said integral collection comprising a decision mechanism (A) depending on an incident order and a condition (C0), cooperating with an associated action (AS) driver (D), wherein said driver (D) comprises: an order transmission subunit (D1) adjusted to subordinate the transmission of a signal to authorize the engagement of the associated action from decision mechanism (A) to an outside event (K); an action subunit (D2) adjusted to subordinate the order to engage the associated action to validation condition (C0), an alarm subunit (D3) adjusted to detect the presence of the incident order and validation condition (C0), advantageously comprising a delay component (R2) in order to produce an alarm and/or switching signal depending on whether or not condition (C0) is present before a predetermined period of time after the incident order arrives elapses; a delay subunit (D4) adjusted to defer the acceptance of the incident order by decision mechanism (A); a reset subunit (D5) adjusted to reset the device to its resting state, selectively simultaneously with the transmission of the stage signal by the control device to one or a plurality of other control devices, either as a result of a signal originating from the one or the plurality of other control devices or of outside occurrences; a connector subunit of one or a plurality of parts designed to establish links (5, 6, 7, 8) for exchange of a first set of various emitted or received signals (LVZ, ZAV, OPV, LVO, SSG, ZSG, SSD, CIG, ZIG, CID, ZID, LPZ, ZPP, OAP, LPO) with a contiguous identical control device as well as other links (9, 12) for exchange of a second sset of signals (ZAX, CPXAV, CPXAP, AL, AG, AR, K, ZPX, AX) with other identical control devices.