CN113296429A

CN113296429A - Conveyor system, Internet of things controller, control method and configuration method

Info

Publication number: CN113296429A
Application number: CN202010723107.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 唐红兵; 赵振宇
Original assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd
Current assignee: Hema China Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-07-24
Filing date: 2020-07-24
Publication date: 2021-08-24

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides a conveyor system, an internet-of-things controller, a control method and a configuration method. The conveyor system comprises a conveying execution unit, a controller and a server; the server is used for receiving the unit information of the conveying execution unit sent by the controller, determining a control scheme by using the unit information, and sending the control scheme to the controller. The controller is used for receiving the control scheme sent by the server and controlling the conveying execution unit according to the control scheme; and the conveying execution unit is used for executing conveying action and generating execution data under the control of the controller, and sending the execution data to the controller. By adopting the technical scheme provided by the embodiment, after the workers complete the installation of the conveying execution units on site, the corresponding control schemes can be configured for the conveying execution units in a remote mode, the site debugging is not needed, and the construction is convenient.

Description

Conveyor system, Internet of things controller, control method and configuration method

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of computer technologies, and in particular, to a conveyor system, an internet of things controller, a control method, and a configuration method.

Background

Conveyor (Conveyor), a logistics apparatus, automatically transports goods from one place to another. According to the operating mode, the conveyor can be divided into: a loading and repairing integrated conveyor, a belt conveyor, a spiral conveyor, a bucket elevator, a roller conveyor, a plate chain conveyor, a mesh belt conveyor and a chain conveyor.

At present, the conveyor is better in a modularized design on the aspect of physical hardware, and in the field construction stage, workers assemble parts section by section and connect the parts together to form a long conveying channel. However, in an automatic control system, the whole machine needs to be debugged on site according to the site construction condition. If the structure of the conveyor is adjusted or expanded subsequently, the automatic control system needs to perform whole machine debugging again.

Disclosure of Invention

The present application provides a solution or solution to the above-mentioned problems, namely, a conveyor system, an internet-of-things controller, a control method, and a configuration method.

In one embodiment of the present application, a conveyor system is provided. The conveyor system includes: the system comprises a conveying execution unit, a controller and a server; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the server is used for receiving the unit information of the conveying execution unit sent by the controller, determining a control scheme by using the unit information and sending the control scheme to the controller;

the controller is used for receiving the control scheme sent by the server and controlling the conveying execution unit according to the control scheme;

and the conveying execution unit is used for executing conveying action and generating execution data under the control of the controller, and sending the execution data to the controller.

In another embodiment of the present application, a conveyor system is provided. The conveyor system includes: a conveyor, an edge computing device, and a server; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the server is used for configuring a corresponding control scheme for the conveyor;

the edge computing device is used for acquiring the control scheme from the server and controlling the conveyor according to the control scheme;

and the conveyor is used for executing conveying action and generating execution data under the control of the edge computing equipment, and sending the execution data to the edge computing equipment.

In another embodiment of the present application, there is also provided an internet-of-things controller for a transport execution unit. This thing networking controller includes:

the network communication module is in communication connection with the server and is used for sending the unit information of the delivery execution unit to the server and receiving a control scheme which is sent by the server and used for updating or deploying in the local;

the storage module is used for storing the control scheme or updating a local existing scheme into the control scheme;

the control module is used for acquiring the control scheme and sending a control instruction to at least part of elements in the electrical components of the conveying execution unit through the input and output module according to the control scheme;

the input and output module is used for being in communication connection with the electrical components in the conveying execution unit so as to obtain execution data generated by at least part of elements in the electrical components and send the execution data to the control module.

the input and output module is used for being in communication connection with electrical components in the conveying execution unit so as to obtain the execution data generated by at least part of elements in the electrical components;

the control module is in communication connection with the input and output module and is used for sending the execution data to the network communication module;

the network communication module is in communication connection with the edge computing equipment and is used for sending the execution data to the edge computing equipment so that the edge computing equipment can feed back a corresponding control instruction according to the execution data;

and the control module is also used for sending a control instruction to at least part of elements in the electrical appliance assembly through the input and output module according to the control instruction.

In another embodiment of the present application, a method for controlling a transport execution unit is also provided. The method comprises the following steps:

sending unit information of a conveying execution unit to a server so that the server can determine a corresponding control scheme for the conveying execution unit by using the unit information;

acquiring a control scheme from a server;

according to the control scheme, sending a corresponding control instruction to a conveying execution unit;

receiving execution data sent by the conveying execution unit; wherein the execution data is generated by the delivery execution component according to the control instruction action.

acquiring execution data of a conveying execution unit;

sending the execution data to an edge computing device;

and when a control instruction sent by the edge computing equipment according to the execution data is received, sending a corresponding control instruction to the conveying execution unit according to the control instruction.

In yet another embodiment of the present application, a control scheme configuration method is also provided. The method comprises the following steps:

displaying a control scheme configuration interface;

responding to a configuration event which is triggered by a user through the configuration interface and aims at a conveying execution unit, and acquiring configuration parameters generated in the configuration event;

and sending the configuration parameters to a server so that the server generates a control scheme based on the configuration parameters, and sending the control scheme to a controller or edge computing equipment corresponding to the conveying execution unit.

In the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, a controller of a conveying execution unit is in communication connection with a server, and the server provides a control scheme corresponding to the conveying execution unit for the controller; the controller can control the conveying execution unit based on the control scheme; and receiving the execution data of the conveying execution unit, wherein the execution data can participate in subsequent control or be used for monitoring, fault analysis and the like. By adopting the technical scheme provided by the embodiment, after the workers finish the installation of the conveying execution units on site, the corresponding control schemes can be configured for the conveying execution units in a remote mode; the staff need not the on-the-spot debugging that carries out automatic system, convenient construction.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required to be utilized in the description of the embodiments or the prior art are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present application, and other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts for those skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a conveyor system according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a block diagram of a conveyor system according to another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 is a block diagram of an internet-of-things controller applied to a transport execution unit according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 is a block diagram of an internet-of-things controller applied to a transport execution unit according to another embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a control method for a transport execution unit according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a control method for a transport execution unit according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a control scheme configuring method according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

Currently, many store shops with business supermarkets are provided with conveyors. A customer can get an order on line through a client, and a business super worker sorts commodities into sorting bags according to orders; the sortation bags containing the ordered items are then transported by a conveyor from the store packing area to a store distribution station and then handed to the rider for distribution. In the existing conveyors, the whole system is usually controlled by a PLC (programmable logic controller) at a central position, including the operation of a motor, photoelectric detection and the like.

The structure makes the debugging work in the construction stage complicated, and programs cannot be preset in the delivery stage; the debugging of the whole machine cannot be completed through simple assembly and configuration. After the installation and debugging of the whole conveyor are finished, the extension and operation and maintenance of the conveyor are difficult.

There are also two embodiments in the prior art:

in the existing scheme, a PLC is adopted for modular design, an Input/Output (IO) module of each PLC controls a set of hardware, and the whole system is composed of multiple sets of hardware and corresponding multiple sets of PLC IO modules.

In the second conventional scheme, an embedded controller is adopted for modular design, and each controller controls one group of hardware. The whole system consists of multiple sets of hardware and corresponding multiple sets of controllers. All other controllers are then connected by another controller in a central location.

The two existing solutions have the following disadvantages:

1. the cost of the PLC and the IO module thereof is high.

2. The program of the PLC cannot be preset in the factory stage, and configuration and debugging must be completed by site construction according to the situation. The meaning of "configuration" is "configuration", "setting", etc., which means that the user can complete the required functions by a simple way similar to "building blocks".

3. In both the PLC mode and the central controller mode, due to the configuration/allocation inconvenience, any reconfiguration/allocation cannot be performed.

4. Both the PLC system and the central controller system lead to complicated wiring and construction and increase in construction cost. Each section of conveyor on site needs a large amount of cables to be physically connected with the PLC, the site construction is easy to make mistakes, the requirement on the skills of workers is high, and the efficiency is low. After physical connection is completed, the PLC codes need to be modified and the system needs to be debugged according to the laying condition of the on-site conveyor, problems are found to be modified continuously, and the debugging process is time-consuming and labor-consuming.

5. The central controller solution makes this single point called single point dependent, with poor stability.

6. And cannot be remotely monitored.

To this end, the present application provides the following embodiments to improve some or all of the problems of the prior art.

In order to make the technical solutions better understood by those skilled in the art, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application.

In some of the flows described in the specification, claims, and above-described figures of the present application, a number of operations are included that occur in a particular order, which operations may be performed out of order or in parallel as they occur herein. The sequence numbers of the operations, e.g., 101, 102, etc., are used merely to distinguish between the various operations, and do not represent any order of execution per se. Additionally, the flows may include more or fewer operations, and the operations may be performed sequentially or in parallel. In addition, the embodiments described below are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a conveyor system according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown, the conveyor system comprises: a transport execution unit 12, a controller 13, and a server 11. The server 11 is configured to configure a corresponding control scheme for the transportation execution unit 12. The controller 11 is configured to receive the control scheme sent by the server 11, and control the transport execution unit 12 according to the control scheme. And the conveying execution unit 12 is configured to execute a conveying action and generate execution data under the control of the controller, and send the execution data to the controller 11.

In specific implementation, after the execution data is sent to the controller 11, the execution data may participate in subsequent control of the controller 11 to implement closed-loop control, or the execution data is used for unit monitoring, fault analysis, and the like.

In a specific embodiment, the server 11 is specifically configured to: and receiving unit information of the conveying execution unit sent by the controller, determining a control scheme by using the unit information, and sending the control scheme to the controller. Wherein the crew information may include, but is not limited to: and at least one of component identification, component model and component parameters of a plurality of execution components contained in the conveying execution unit. For example, the transportation execution unit includes a motor, and correspondingly, the unit information may include a motor identifier (e.g., a motor number), a motor model, and a motor parameter (e.g., a rated power).

The unit information of the transport execution unit sent to the server may be stored in the server, so that the server may manage the unit information accordingly.

Wherein the control scheme configured by the server 11 can be completed by the user. That is, as shown in fig. 1, the conveyor system provided in this embodiment further includes: a first client device 14. The first client device 14 is connected to the server 11, and configured to obtain the unit information from the server, and provide a control scheme configuration interface corresponding to the transport execution unit based on the unit information; and responding to a configuration event which is triggered by a user through the configuration interface and aims at the conveying execution unit 12, and sending configuration parameters generated in the configuration event to the server 11. The server 11 is further configured to: and receiving the configuration parameters corresponding to the transport execution unit sent by the client device, and generating the control scheme corresponding to the transport execution unit according to the configuration parameters.

Specifically, the user may obtain the unit information of the transportation execution unit that the user wants to configure from the server 11 through the first client device 14. Then, the user can view the unit information of the transportation execution unit through the configuration interface provided by the first client device 14, so that the user can conveniently perform appropriate configuration operations according to the unit information, such as inputting corresponding configuration parameters.

In addition, after the server 11 generates the control scheme, the control scheme and the unit information may be stored in association with each other. The purpose of associating the generated control scheme with the unit information is to facilitate sending the control scheme to the corresponding controller according to the unit information. In the case that a group of transport execution units corresponds to a controller, the control scheme may also be associated with the identity of the controller corresponding to the transport execution unit.

In another achievable technical solution, the unit information of the transport execution unit may also be input by the user through the first client device; that is, the unit information is not sent to the server by the controller, but is input by the user through the first client device. The first client device can also send the unit information input by the user to the server, so that the server can conveniently manage the unit information correspondingly.

Further, the execution data in this embodiment may also be displayed for the user to view. That is, in the system provided in this embodiment, the controller 13 is further configured to send the execution data to the server 11. The server 11 is further configured to store the execution data. The first client device 14 is further configured to obtain the execution data from the server, and display the execution data.

Further, the server 11 may also perform fault analysis on the transportation execution unit, and may perform an exception prompt when a work exception occurs. That is, the system provided by the present embodiment further includes the second client device 15. Correspondingly, the controller 13 is further configured to send the execution data to the server. The server 11 is further configured to analyze the execution data, and issue an exception prompt when it is determined that the transportation execution unit is abnormal according to an analysis result. And the second client device 15 is configured to output prompt information perceivable by the user after receiving the abnormal prompt.

In an implementation solution, as shown in fig. 3, the controller provided in this embodiment may include: an input/output module 33, a control module 34, a network communication module 31 and a storage module 32. The input/output module 33 is configured to be in communication connection with an electrical component in the transport execution unit to obtain the execution data generated by the electrical component. The control module 34 is communicatively connected to the input/output module 33, and configured to acquire the control scheme and the execution data, and send a control instruction to at least some components in the electrical component through the input/output module 33 according to the control scheme and the execution data. The network communication module 31 is configured to be in communication connection with the server 11, and is configured to send the information of the transport execution unit to the server; and receiving the control scheme sent by the server 11 for updating or deploying locally. The storage module 32 is configured to store the control scheme or update a locally existing scheme to the control scheme.

In an implementation solution, the transportation execution unit may include: electrical apparatus subassembly and transport actuating mechanism. Wherein, the electrical apparatus subassembly includes driving machine and sensor. The driving machine is used for outputting power; the execution data includes: the sensing parameters of the sensor and the working parameters of the driving machine. And the conveying actuating mechanism is used for executing conveying action under the driving of the driving machine.

In particular implementations, the sensors may include, but are not limited to: temperature sensors, pressure sensors, infrared sensors, current sensors, strain sensors, and the like. The driving machine may be a motor, such as a linear motor, a stepping motor, a synchronous motor, an asynchronous motor, and the like, which is not particularly limited in this embodiment.

In this embodiment, the conveying execution unit and the controller are a first-stage conveyor. The conveyor system comprises a plurality of sections of the conveyor, and conveying actuating mechanisms in the plurality of sections of the conveyor are spliced to form a conveying channel.

The specific structure of the conveying executing mechanism in this embodiment may be different according to different operation modes of the conveyor. The mechanical structure forms of the conveying executing mechanism corresponding to different operation modes are different, and reference may be made to the contents in the prior art, which is not described herein again.

Further, in this embodiment, the server 11 is configured to configure a corresponding overall scheme for the multiple sections of the conveyors, where the overall scheme includes a control scheme corresponding to a conveying executing mechanism of any conveyor and a controller control connection scheme of any two adjacent conveying executing mechanisms;

and the controller 13 of any one conveyor is used for acquiring a control connection scheme related to the conveyor, determining a downstream conveyor according to the control connection scheme when a connection event is determined to occur according to execution data corresponding to the conveyor, and sending a corresponding connection instruction to the controller of the downstream conveyor, so that the controller of the downstream conveyor can perform corresponding control according to the connection instruction.

Referring to fig. 1, the system provided in this embodiment further includes a gateway device 17. The gateway device 17 is disposed between the controller 13 and the server 11, and is configured to connect different networks in which the controller 13 and the server 11 are respectively located, so as to transmit communication data between the controller 13 and the server 11. Further, the controller 13 may access the gateway device 17 through a router 16.

In summary, the technical solution provided by this embodiment modularizes the conveyor (including the conveying execution unit and the controller); after a user lays a plurality of modularized conveyors on the site, each conveyor can communicate with the server in a wireless communication mode and can communicate with other conveyors in a wireless communication mode, so that physical cables do not need to be connected on the site, modularization on hardware is achieved, and site construction is simple and flexible. In addition, the control scheme corresponding to each conveyor can be obtained from the server, and the control scheme of each conveyor is independent, so that the technical scheme of the embodiment realizes software modularization; the user does not need to write a control program on site and repeatedly debugs. Even if the structure of the conveyor is subsequently adjusted or expanded, the whole control program adjustment is not needed, only the control schemes corresponding to a plurality of sections of conveyors of the adjusting or expanding part need to be changed, and the structure adjustment or expansion is also very convenient.

In particular, a server referred to herein may be a single server, a server cluster consisting of multiple servers, a virtual server, or a cloud computing-based collection of computers (i.e., a cloud). The Cloud is composed of a large number of hosts or network servers based on Cloud Computing (Cloud Computing), which is a kind of distributed Computing and is a super virtual computer composed of a group of loosely coupled computers.

The technical solution provided in this embodiment is described below with reference to specific application scenarios to assist understanding. Referring to fig. 1, it is assumed that a worker lays N conveyor sections in a supermarket, such as a first conveyor section (including a controller 1 and a conveyor executing unit 1), a second conveyor section (including a controller 2 and a conveyor executing unit 2), and … … nth conveyor section (including a controller N and a conveyor executing unit N). The conveying execution unit 1, the conveying execution unit 2 and the conveying execution unit … … are sequentially connected to form a finished conveying channel. After workers lay the network side equipment on site, wiring is not needed, and only the wireless networking parameters of the controllers need to be configured, so that the controllers have the communication capacity with the network side equipment. After the field configuration is completed, each controller on the field, for example, the controller 1, the controller 2, and the controller … … may transmit the unit information of the corresponding transport execution unit to the server 11. In this way, the staff may obtain the unit information of all the transport execution units installed on the site from the server 11 through the first client device 14 (e.g., a desktop computer, a laptop computer, or a tablet computer), and then the staff may configure multiple transport execution units installed on the site through the configuration interface provided by the first client device 14, such as performing sequencing, event concatenation (e.g., triggering a corresponding control instruction to be sent to the downstream controller when certain specific data is generated by the upstream transport execution unit N), and so on. After the configuration is completed by the staff through the first client device, the configured parameters are sent to the server 11, and the server 11 generates a corresponding control scheme for each conveyor according to the received configuration parameters. Of course, the control scheme corresponding to each conveyor may also be completed on the first client device 14 side and sent to the server 11 by the first client device 14. In this way, the server 11 can transmit the respective control schemes to the respective conveyors (specifically, the respective controllers 1 and 2 … … N). After each controller receives the corresponding control scheme, the controller can control the operation of each conveying execution unit based on the corresponding control scheme.

Fig. 2 shows a block diagram of a conveyor system according to another embodiment of the present application. As shown, the conveyor system comprises: a conveyor 20, an edge computing device 28, and a server 21. Wherein, the server 21 is configured to configure a corresponding control scheme for the conveyor. The edge computing device 28 is configured to obtain the control scheme from the server 21, and control the conveyor according to the control scheme and the execution data. The conveyor 20 is configured to perform a conveying action and generate execution data under the control of the edge computing device, and send the execution data to the edge computing device.

In particular implementations, the edge computing device 28 may be an edge computing gateway.

In a practical solution, the configuration of the conveyor with the corresponding control scheme can be user-assisted. That is, the conveyor system provided by this embodiment may further include: a first client device 24. The first client device 24 is connected to the server 21, and configured to provide a control scheme configuration interface, and in response to a configuration event for the conveyor triggered by a user through the configuration interface, send configuration parameters generated in the configuration event to the server 21. When configuring the corresponding control scheme for the conveyor, the server 21 is specifically configured to: and receiving the configuration parameters sent by the client device, generating the control scheme according to the configuration parameters, and sending the control scheme to the edge computing device 28. The edge computing device 28 is configured to store the received control scheme locally.

In one embodiment, the conveyor includes a conveyor actuator assembly and a controller. Wherein, the server 21 is specifically configured to: receiving unit information of the conveying execution unit sent by the controller; and acquiring a corresponding control scheme according to the unit information, and sending the control scheme to the controller. Wherein the crew information may include, but is not limited to: and at least one of component identification, component model and component parameters of a plurality of execution components contained in the conveying execution unit. For example, the transportation execution unit includes a motor, and correspondingly, the unit information may include a motor identifier (e.g., a motor number), a motor model, and a motor parameter (e.g., a rated power). Of course, the controller may also send its own identity (i.e. controller identity) to the server 21.

In an implementation, the unit information of the transportation execution unit may be sent to the server 21 by the controller, or may be sent to the server 21 by the edge computing device 28. The case of sending to the server 21 by the edge computing device 28 may specifically be: the controller obtains the unit information of the transport execution unit, and sends the unit information of the transport execution unit to the edge computing device 28, and then the edge computing device 28 sends the unit information to the server 21.

The unit information of the transportation execution unit transmitted to the server 21 may be stored in the server 21 so that the server manages it accordingly. The user may also obtain the unit information of the transportation execution unit from the server 21 through the first client device 24, so that the user can see the unit information of the transportation execution unit when performing parameter configuration on the transportation execution unit through the configuration interface provided by the first client device 24, and make appropriate configuration based on the unit information.

Further, in this embodiment, the conveyor 20 is further configured to send the execution data to the server 21; the server 21 is further configured to store the execution data; the first client device 24 is further configured to obtain the execution data from the server 21, and display the execution data.

Further, the system provided by the present embodiment may further include a second client device 25. Correspondingly, the conveyor 20 is further configured to send the execution data to the server 21; the server 21 is further configured to analyze the execution data, and send an exception prompt when it is determined that the transport execution unit is abnormal in operation according to an analysis result; and the second client device 25 is configured to output prompt information perceivable to the user after receiving the abnormal prompt.

Wherein the prompt information perceivable by the user can be text information, voice information, alarm lamp or sound, etc. The text information or the voice information can directly reach the second client-side equipment through the forms of short messages, telephones, instant messaging applications and the like.

In an implementable solution, the conveyor 20 comprises: electrical apparatus subassembly, transport actuating mechanism and controller. The electric appliance assembly comprises a driving machine and a sensor, wherein the driving machine is used for outputting power. Accordingly, the execution data includes: the sensing parameters of the sensor and the working parameters of the driving machine. And the conveying actuating mechanism is used for executing conveying action under the driving of the driving machine. A controller for obtaining the execution data and sending the execution data to the edge computing device; and the edge computing and sending module is also used for receiving a control instruction sent by the edge computing and controlling the driving machine to work according to the control instruction.

In particular, the conveyor can be multi-segment; conveying actuating mechanisms in the conveyor in multiple sections are spliced to form a conveying channel.

Further, the server 21 is configured to configure a corresponding overall scheme for the multiple sections of the conveyors, where the overall scheme includes a control scheme corresponding to any one conveyor and a control engagement scheme for any two adjacent conveyors. And the edge computing equipment is further used for determining a downstream conveyor according to the control connection scheme of any two adjacent conveyors when the connection event is determined to occur according to the execution data of any conveyor, and sending corresponding connection instructions to the downstream conveyor, so that the downstream conveyor can make corresponding actions according to the connection instructions.

The technical solution provided in this embodiment is described below with reference to specific application scenarios to assist understanding. Referring to fig. 2, it is assumed that a worker lays N conveyor sections in a supermarket, such as a first conveyor section (including a controller 1 and a conveyor executing unit 1), a second conveyor section (including a controller 2 and a conveyor executing unit 2), and … … nth conveyor section (including a controller N and a conveyor executing unit N). The conveying execution unit 1, the conveying execution unit 2 and the conveying execution unit … … are sequentially connected to form a finished conveying channel. An edge computing device 28 may also be provided within the supermarket. After the workers are well laid on the site, wiring is not needed, and only the wireless networking parameters of each controller need to be configured, so that each controller has the capability of communicating with network side equipment (such as the server 11 and the edge computing equipment 28). After the site is configured, each controller in the site, such as controller 1, controller 2, and controller … …, may send the crew information of the corresponding transportation execution unit to the server 11, or to the edge computing device 28, and the crew information is forwarded to the server 11 by the edge computing device 28. In this way, the staff may obtain the unit information of all the transport execution units installed on the site from the server 11 through the first client device 14 (e.g., a desktop computer, a laptop computer, or a tablet computer), and then the staff may configure multiple transport execution units installed on the site through the configuration interface provided by the first client device 14, such as performing sequencing, event concatenation (e.g., triggering a corresponding control instruction to be sent to the downstream controller when certain specific data is generated by the upstream transport execution unit N), and so on. After the configuration is completed by the staff through the first client device, the configured parameters are sent to the server 11, and the server 11 generates a corresponding control scheme for each conveyor according to the received configuration parameters. Of course, the control scheme corresponding to each conveyor may also be completed on the first client device 14 side and sent to the server 11 by the first client device 14. In this way, the server 11 can send the control schemes corresponding to the conveyors (specifically, the controllers 1 and 2 … … N) to the edge computing device 28; the edge computing device 28 may send respective control instructions to each controller according to the control scheme corresponding to each conveyor.

Fig. 3 shows a block diagram of an internet-of-things controller applied to a transport execution unit according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 3, the internet-of-things controller includes: a network communication module 31, a storage module 32, an input/output module 33 and a control module 34. The network communication module 31 is configured to be in communication connection with a server, and configured to send unit information of a delivery execution unit to the server, and receive a control scheme sent by the server and used for updating or deploying in a local area. The storage module 32 is configured to store the control scheme or update a locally existing scheme to the control scheme. The control module 34 is configured to obtain the control scheme, and send a control instruction to at least some of the components in the electrical components of the transport execution unit through the input/output module according to the control scheme; the input/output module 33 is configured to be in communication connection with an electrical component in the transportation execution unit, so as to obtain execution data generated by at least some components in the electrical component, and send the execution data to the control module.

Further, the network communication module 31 is further configured to send the execution data to the server, so that the server can remotely monitor and analyze the fault of the transportation execution unit.

In specific implementation, the input/output module 33 includes at least one communication interface matched with the electrical component interface; the communication interface includes: one or more of SPI interface, CAN interface, I2C interface, GPIO interface, UART interface, PWM interface, RS-232 interface and RS-485 interface.

The network module 31 includes but is not limited to: one or more of an Ethernet module, a Wi-Fi module, a Sub-1G module, a Bluetooth module, a GSM module, a 3G module, a 4G module or a 5G module.

It should be noted that, in addition to the above functions, the controller provided in this embodiment may also implement other functions mentioned in the above embodiments, which may be specifically referred to the corresponding description above, and is not described herein again.

Fig. 4 shows a block diagram of an internet-of-things controller applied to a transport execution unit according to another embodiment of the present application. Specifically, the internet-of-things controller includes: an input/output module 41, a control module 42 and a network communication module 43. The input/output module 41 is configured to be in communication connection with an electrical component in the transport execution unit to obtain execution data generated by at least some components in the electrical component. And the control module 42 is connected in communication with the input and output module 41 and is used for sending the execution data to the network communication module. And a network communication module 43, configured to be in communication connection with an edge computing device, and configured to send the execution data to the edge computing device, so that the edge computing device feeds back a corresponding control instruction according to the execution data. The control module 42 is further configured to send a control instruction to at least some of the components in the electrical component through the input/output module 41 according to the control instruction.

Further, the network communication module 43 is further configured to be in communication connection with a server, and send the execution data to the server, so that the server performs remote monitoring and fault analysis on the transportation execution unit.

Fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a control method for a transport execution unit according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown, the method comprises:

101. sending unit information of a conveying execution unit to a server so that the server can determine a corresponding control scheme for the conveying execution unit by using the unit information;

102. acquiring a control scheme from a server;

103. according to the control scheme, sending a corresponding control instruction to a conveying execution unit;

104. receiving execution data sent by the conveying execution unit; wherein the execution data is generated by the delivery execution component according to the control instruction action.

101 and 102, as can be seen from the above, the control scheme corresponding to the delivery execution group can be configured by the user through the first client device. The server stores control schemes corresponding to the conveying execution units. In specific implementation, an acquisition request may be sent to a server, where the acquisition request carries unit information of a transport execution unit or an identifier of a controller corresponding to the transport execution unit; and the server acquires the associated control scheme according to the unit information or the identifier of the controller and then sends the control scheme to the client equipment.

In a specific implementation technical solution, the "receiving the execution data sent by the transportation execution unit" in the step 104 may specifically include:

receiving induction parameters sent by a sensor of the conveying execution unit;

and receiving working parameters sent by a driving machine of the conveying execution unit.

In particular implementations, the sensors may include, but are not limited to: pressure sensors, infrared sensors, temperature sensors, tension sensors, current sensors, and the like. Accordingly, the sensing parameters may include, but are not limited to: pressure parameters, infrared sensing parameters, temperature parameters, tension parameters, current parameters, and the like. Specifically, if the driving machine is a motor, the operating parameter may be a motor speed, a motor output power direction, and the like.

Further, the present embodiment may further include the following steps:

105. and sending the execution data to the server so as to facilitate the server to carry out remote monitoring and fault analysis on the conveying execution unit.

Further, the method provided by this embodiment may further include:

106. acquiring a control connection scheme related to the server from the server;

107. when determining that a connection event occurs according to the execution data, determining a downstream conveying execution unit according to the control connection scheme;

108. and sending a connection instruction to a controller corresponding to the downstream conveying execution unit.

Specifically, the conveying actuator has a conveying end point. Correspondingly, the method provided by the embodiment may further include the following steps:

109. determining whether the distance from the position of the conveyed object to the conveying end point is smaller than a threshold value according to the execution data;

110. and triggering the connection event when the distance is determined to be smaller than the threshold value.

Further, the information of the transportation execution unit includes: and at least one of component identification, component model and component parameters of a plurality of execution components contained in the conveying execution unit.

It should be noted that, for the content that is not expanded in this embodiment, reference may be made to the corresponding description above, and details are not described here.

Fig. 6 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a control method for a transport execution unit according to another embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 6, the control method includes:

201. acquiring execution data of a conveying execution unit;

202. sending the execution data to an edge computing device;

203. and when a control instruction sent by the edge computing equipment according to the execution data is received, sending a corresponding control instruction to the conveying execution unit according to the control instruction.

Correspondingly, the method provided by the embodiment may further include:

204. and sending the execution data to the server so as to facilitate the server to carry out remote monitoring and fault analysis on the conveying execution unit.

Further, the method provided by this embodiment may further include:

205. receiving a connection indication sent by edge computing equipment;

206. and sending a starting instruction to the conveying execution unit according to the connection instruction.

Fig. 7 shows a flowchart of a control scheme configuration method according to an embodiment of the present application. Specifically, the method comprises the following steps:

301. displaying a control scheme configuration interface;

302. responding to a configuration event which is triggered by a user through the configuration interface and aims at a conveying execution unit, and acquiring configuration parameters generated in the configuration event;

303. and sending the configuration parameters to a server so that the server generates a control scheme based on the configuration parameters, and sending the control scheme to a controller or edge computing equipment corresponding to the conveying execution unit.

Further, the step 302 "obtaining the configuration parameters generated in the configuration event in response to the configuration event for the transportation execution unit triggered by the user through the configuration interface" may be implemented by adopting the following steps:

3021. the configuration interface displays the graphic identifier of the controller corresponding to the conveying execution unit;

3022. responding to the operation of the user on the graphic identifier, and displaying a parameter input window;

3023. and acquiring the configuration parameters input by the user in the parameter input window.

Further, the method provided by this embodiment may further include the following steps:

304. responding to a configuration event which is triggered by a user through the configuration interface and aims at an adjacent conveying execution unit, and acquiring a connection parameter generated in the configuration event; wherein the connection parameters include: the identification of the conveying execution unit at the connection upstream and the identification of the conveying execution unit at the connection downstream;

305. and sending the connection parameters to a server so that the server can generate a control connection scheme based on the connection parameters, and sending the control connection scheme to a controller or edge computing equipment corresponding to a corresponding conveying execution unit.

In a specific embodiment, the step 304 "acquiring, in response to a configuration event triggered by a user through the configuration interface and specific to an adjacent transport execution unit, a join parameter generated in the configuration event" includes:

3041. the configuration interface displays graphic identifiers of the controllers corresponding to the adjacent conveying execution units respectively, namely a first graphic identifier and a second graphic identifier;

3042. and responding to the operation of the user on the first graphic identifier and the second graphic identifier, displaying page elements reflecting the sequential relation of the first graphic identifier and the second graphic identifier, and generating the connection parameters represented by the page elements.

Further, the step 301 "displaying a control scheme configuration interface" may specifically include the following steps:

3011. responding to a configuration request triggered by a user aiming at the transportation execution unit group, and acquiring transportation execution unit group information from the server;

3012. and displaying the control scheme configuration interface, wherein an operable graphic identifier associated with the information of the conveying execution unit is displayed in the control scheme configuration interface.

The user can click on the operable graphical identifier (or other means')

The technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application are briefly described below with reference to a specific example. The conveyor in this example is divided into a number of sections, for example 5 sections. The structural members of each segment are identical in composition, i.e., have identical hardware structures. The hardware structure part in each section is the conveying execution unit mentioned above. The conveying executing unit comprises a hardware structure (such as a track and a transmission mechanism), a motor, a sensor and the like.

Each section of the conveying executing unit is matched with one controller. The controller may be the above-mentioned internet-of-things controller, and the internet-of-things controller can directly control the motor in the conveying execution unit and receive the sensing parameters sent by the sensor; but also to communicate directly with edge computing devices or servers over a network.

The controller (i.e., the internet-of-things controller) of each transport execution unit may be communicatively connected to the edge computing device and the server through a gateway. The network architecture of the embodiment is suitable for networking modes such as a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), a bluetooth wireless network, a zigbee networking and an internet of things. The internet of things can be any one of a Body Area Network (BAN) and an M2M network, etc.

The gateway may be a router or a wireless gateway. Specifically, a Wi-Fi Access Point or a Wi-Fi AP (Access Point) is a wireless gateway. Access points may also be referred to as "hot spots"; the access point can be used for establishing a wireless local area network and providing access service for a plurality of stations, and is a bridge for connecting a wireless network and a limited network. The access point may be an access device dedicated to provide access service, such as a wireless router, or may be a terminal device temporarily providing access service, such as a smart phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, and the like, which may be capable of providing access service, and the present invention is not limited in particular.

The operating system of the controller of each transport execution unit can be an RTOS, and is communicated with a motor, a sensor and the like in a GPIO/I2C/SPI/PWM mode and the like, and used for acquiring signals or sending signals and communicating with an edge or a cloud end by using an MQTT protocol. Among them, the RTOS (real-time operating system) is an operating system that can receive and process data at a sufficiently high speed when external events or data are generated, and the processing result can control the production process or make a quick response to the processing system within a specified time, schedule all available resources to complete real-time tasks, and control all real-time tasks to run in a coordinated manner. GPIO (General-purpose input/output), short for General purpose input/output. The I2C bus, a simple, bi-directional binary synchronous serial bus, requires only two wires to transfer information between devices connected to the bus. SPI is a Serial Peripheral Interface (Serial Peripheral Interface) and is a high-speed, full-duplex, synchronous communication bus. A PWM (pulse width modulation) interface is an analog control type interface.

In this embodiment, the edge computing device may be configured to process some low-latency information, for example, when the infrared sensor of the upstream transport executing unit in two adjacent transport executing units detects that the transported object has reached or is close to the end point, a control instruction needs to be sent to the controller of the downstream transport executing unit, so that the controller controls the motor in the downstream transport executing unit to work, so that the transported object smoothly enters the transport channel of the downstream transport executing unit. And the server can be used for processing delay-insensitive affairs, such as monitoring the working state of each conveying execution unit, analyzing working abnormity and the like, and configuring a control scheme and the like.

The first client device is in a web page form, so that a worker can visually arrange and connect controllers of each remote conveying execution unit at any place, and various operation states of any section of conveying execution unit or all conveying execution units can be obtained.

The server can also perform remote monitoring and fault analysis on each conveying execution unit based on the execution data uploaded by the controller corresponding to each conveying execution unit. For example, when the infrared sensing signal in a certain section of conveying execution unit continuously senses that a conveyed object exists, and the duration of the continuous sensing exceeds a threshold value, it indicates that the conveyed object may be clamped or the motor of the conveying execution unit works abnormally, and the like, at this time, the server generates an abnormal prompt and can reach the second client device used by the maintenance personnel in a form of short message, telephone, nail and the like.

Of course, the edge calculation can be eliminated in the scheme, and the work of the edge calculation is moved to the conveyor controller to be completed, namely the embodiment shown in the figure. Accordingly, the controllers of the segment conveying executing units can cooperatively communicate, for example: zigbee, BLE, LoRa, NB-IoT, 3G, 4G, 5G, and so on.

To overcome the disadvantages in the prior art, the embodiments of the present application are uniformly one:

the prior art has the defects that the cost of the PLC and the IO module is high.

The scheme provided by the embodiments of the application completely removes the PLC, uses the IoT equipment and has quite good cost advantage.

In the prior art, the defect 2 is that the program of the PLC cannot be preset in the factory stage, and must be completed by site construction, and configuration and debugging are carried out according to the situation.

According to the scheme provided by the embodiments of the application, the PLC is completely removed, the IoT equipment is used, the program of the equipment can be set in a factory, each equipment is completely the same, and the field construction is simple.

The prior art has the disadvantage 3 that the PLC mode or the central controller mode cannot be reconfigured/configured arbitrarily due to the configuration/configuration inconvenience.

In the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present application, a solution for performing arbitrary arrangement and concatenation on hardware based on a web page is provided, that is, a user may configure a control solution of each transport execution unit and a control connection solution of an adjacent transport execution unit based on the web page through a first client device, which is very flexible and convenient.

In the prior art, the defects 4, namely the PLC mode or the central controller mode, can cause the wiring construction to be complicated and the construction cost to be increased.

In the technical scheme provided by each embodiment of the application, because the PLC is completely removed, the IoT equipment is used, the equipment does not need to be connected with each other, each equipment only needs one network cable, and the wiring is simple. Even completely without network cables, using a wireless approach, completely without wiring.

The prior art has the defect 5 that the single point becomes single-point dependence and the stability is poor due to the scheme of the central controller.

The technical scheme provided by each embodiment of the application has no central controller, no single-point dependence and good stability.

Shortcoming 6 of prior art, inability to remotely monitor

According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, a cloud-end design is adopted, and all states and control can be remotely carried out by using WEB pages.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment can be applied to a new retail scene. Such as supermarkets based on the new retail concept. The user can purchase goods in the supermarket, and the goods in the supermarket can also be purchased on line through the internet (namely through the client application APP). For example, after a user places an order on line through the mobile phone APP, a supermarket staff can receive the order, and then the staff need to sort the commodities purchased by the user in a shop according to the order information, for example, sort the commodities into a sorting package. After sorting is completed, the staff places or hangs the sorted packages on a conveyor, and the sorted packages are conveyed by a multi-section conveyor to reach a distribution station of a supermarket. The goods in the sorted packages are handed to the delivery personnel for delivery by the personnel at the delivery station. In such a supermarket, a conveyor needs to be arranged in the supermarket in order to conveniently sort goods. On the physical hardware, the conveyor adopts a modular design, and constructors can splice or assemble a section of conveyor to form a complete conveying channel. By adopting the technical scheme provided by each embodiment of the application, workers do not need to wire at a construction site, and the controller of each conveyor can communicate with network side equipment (such as a server, an edge computing device or controllers of other conveyors) in a wireless communication mode. The control software debugging staff can configure the control scheme of each conveyor on the network side without on site. After the control schemes of all the conveyors are configured by the staff, all the control schemes can be stored in a server; each control scheme is sent by the server to the corresponding controller or edge computing device. Each conveyor works according to the control scheme received by each conveyor or the control instruction sent by the edge computing equipment. If the control scheme of one of the conveyors is wrong, the staff does not need to go to the field for debugging and can adjust the control scheme through the corresponding client equipment.

Subsequently, if the operating area of the supermarket is enlarged or the position of the distribution station is adjusted, the number of the conveyors needs to be increased or reduced. At the moment, because the control of each conveyor is independent, the dependence is not strong, and the conveyors are also connected by a cable; the field worker only needs to simply install or dismantle the device. After the installation or the disassembly is finished, simple parameter configuration can be carried out through the client device so as to readjust the control scheme of part of the conveyor. The whole process is simple and convenient.

In addition, due to the fact that the server is additionally arranged in the technical scheme, remote monitoring and fault analysis can be conducted.

The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and the units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the present embodiment. One of ordinary skill in the art can understand and implement it without inventive effort.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that each embodiment can be implemented by software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and certainly can also be implemented by hardware. With this understanding in mind, the above-described technical solutions may be embodied in the form of a software product, which can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium such as ROM/RAM, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc., and includes instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute the methods described in the embodiments or some parts of the embodiments.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, and not to limit the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application.

Claims

1. A conveyor system, comprising: the system comprises a conveying execution unit, a controller and a server; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

the first client device is connected with the server and used for acquiring the unit information from the server and providing a control scheme configuration interface corresponding to the conveying execution unit based on the unit information; responding to a configuration event triggered by a user through the configuration interface, and sending configuration parameters generated in the configuration event to the server;

the server is further configured to receive a configuration parameter corresponding to the transport execution unit sent by the client device, and generate the control scheme corresponding to the transport execution unit according to the configuration parameter.

3. The system of claim 2,

the controller is further used for sending the execution data to the server;

the server is also used for storing the execution data;

the first client device is further configured to obtain the execution data from the server, and display the execution data.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a second client device;

the controller is further used for sending the execution data to the server;

the server is also used for analyzing the execution data and sending an abnormal prompt when the abnormal work of the conveying execution unit is determined according to the analysis result;

and the second client device is used for outputting prompt information which can be sensed by a user after receiving the abnormal prompt.

5. The system of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the controller comprises:

the input and output module is used for being in communication connection with an electrical component in the conveying execution unit so as to obtain the execution data generated by the electrical component;

the control module is in communication connection with the input and output module and is used for acquiring the control scheme and sending a control instruction to at least part of elements in the electrical component through the input and output module according to the control scheme;

the network communication module is in communication connection with a server and is used for sending the information of the conveying execution unit to the server; receiving the control scheme sent by the server for updating or deploying locally;

and the storage module is used for storing the control scheme or updating the local existing scheme into the control scheme.

6. The system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the transport execution unit comprises:

the electric appliance assembly comprises a driving machine and a sensor, wherein the driving machine is used for outputting power; the execution data includes: the sensing parameters of the sensor and the working parameters of the driver;

and the conveying actuating mechanism is used for executing conveying action under the driving of the driving machine.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the transport execution unit and the controller are a segment of a conveyor;

the conveyor system comprises a plurality of sections of the conveyor, and conveying actuating mechanisms in the plurality of sections of the conveyor are spliced to form a conveying channel.

8. The system of claim 7,

the server is used for configuring a corresponding overall scheme for the plurality of sections of the conveyors, wherein the overall scheme comprises a control scheme corresponding to the conveying executing mechanism of any conveyor and a controller control connection scheme of any two adjacent conveying executing mechanisms;

and the controller of any conveyor is used for acquiring a control connection scheme related to the conveyor, determining a downstream conveyor according to the control connection scheme when a connection event is determined to occur according to execution data corresponding to the conveyor, and sending a corresponding connection instruction to the controller of the downstream conveyor, so that the controller of the downstream conveyor can perform corresponding control according to the connection instruction.

9. The system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a gateway device;

the gateway device is arranged between the controller and the server and is used for connecting different networks where the controller and the server are respectively located so as to transmit communication data between the controller and the server.

10. A conveyor system, comprising: a conveyor, an edge computing device, and a server; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the edge computing device is an edge computing gateway.

12. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

the first client device is connected with the server and used for providing a control scheme configuration interface and responding to a configuration event which is triggered by a user through the configuration interface and aims at the conveyor, and the configuration parameters generated in the configuration event are sent to the server;

when configuring the corresponding control scheme for the conveyor, the server is specifically configured to: receiving configuration parameters sent by the client device, generating the control scheme according to the configuration parameters, and sending the control scheme to the edge computing device;

the edge computing device is used for locally storing the received control scheme.

13. The system of claim 12,

the conveyor is further used for sending the execution data to the server;

the server is also used for storing the execution data;

14. The system of claim 10, further comprising a second client device;

the conveyor is further used for sending the execution data to the server;

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the conveyor comprises:

the conveying actuating mechanism is used for executing conveying action under the driving of the driving machine;

a controller for obtaining the execution data and sending the execution data to the edge computing device; and the edge computing and sending module is also used for receiving a control instruction sent by the edge computing and controlling the driving machine to work according to the control instruction.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the conveyor is multi-segmented;

conveying actuating mechanisms in the conveyor in multiple sections are spliced to form a conveying channel.

17. The system of claim 16,

the server is used for configuring a corresponding overall scheme for the plurality of sections of the conveyors, wherein the overall scheme comprises a control scheme corresponding to any conveyor and a control connection scheme of any two adjacent conveyors;

and the edge computing equipment is further used for determining a downstream conveyor according to the control connection scheme of any two adjacent conveyors when the connection event is determined to occur according to the execution data of any conveyor, and sending corresponding connection instructions to the downstream conveyor, so that the downstream conveyor can make corresponding actions according to the connection instructions.

18. An internet-of-things controller applied to a transport execution unit, comprising:

19. The internet-of-things controller of claim 18,

the network communication module is further configured to send the execution data to the server, so that the server performs remote monitoring and fault analysis on the transport execution unit.

20. The internet-of-things controller of claim 18, wherein the input-output module comprises at least one communication interface that mates with the appliance component interface;

the communication interface includes: one or more of SPI interface, CAN interface, I2C interface, GPIO interface, UART interface, PWM interface, RS-232 interface and RS-485 interface.

21. The internet-of-things controller of claim 18, wherein the network module comprises one or more of an ethernet module, a Wi-Fi module, a Sub-1G module, a bluetooth module, a GSM module, a 3G module, a 4G module, or a 5G module.

22. An internet-of-things controller applied to a transport execution unit, comprising:

the input and output module is used for being in communication connection with the electrical components in the conveying execution unit so as to acquire execution data generated by at least part of elements in the electrical components;

the control module is in communication connection with the input and output module and is used for sending the execution data to a network communication module;

23. The internet-of-things controller of claim 22,

the network communication module is also used for being in communication connection with a server and sending the execution data to the server so as to facilitate the server to carry out remote monitoring and fault analysis on the conveying execution unit.

24. A control method for a conveying execution unit is characterized by comprising the following steps:

acquiring a control scheme from a server;

25. The method of claim 24, wherein receiving the execution data sent by the transport execution unit comprises:

26. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

and sending the execution data to the server so as to facilitate the server to carry out remote monitoring and fault analysis on the conveying execution unit.

27. The method of any one of claims 24 to 26, further comprising:

acquiring a control connection scheme related to the server from the server;

when determining that a connection event occurs according to the execution data, determining a downstream conveying execution unit according to the control connection scheme;

and sending a connection instruction to a controller corresponding to the downstream conveying execution unit.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the delivery actuator has a delivery terminus; and

the method further comprises the following steps:

determining whether the distance from the position of the conveyed object to the conveying end point is smaller than a threshold value according to the execution data;

and triggering the connection event when the distance is determined to be smaller than the threshold value.

29. The method according to any one of claims 24 to 26, wherein the transportation execution block information includes: and at least one of component identification, component model and component parameters of a plurality of execution components contained in the conveying execution unit.

30. A control method for a conveying execution unit is characterized by comprising the following steps:

acquiring execution data of a conveying execution unit;

sending the execution data to an edge computing device;

31. The method of claim 30, further comprising:

and sending the execution data to a server so as to facilitate the server to carry out remote monitoring and fault analysis on the conveying execution unit.

32. The method of claim 30, further comprising:

receiving a connection indication sent by edge computing equipment;

and sending a starting instruction to the conveying execution unit according to the connection instruction.

33. A control scheme configuration method, comprising:

displaying a control scheme configuration interface;

34. The method of claim 33, wherein the obtaining of the configuration parameters generated in the configuration event in response to the configuration event for the transportation execution unit triggered by the user through the configuration interface comprises:

the configuration interface displays the graphic identifier of the controller corresponding to the conveying execution unit;

responding to the operation of the user on the graphic identifier, and displaying a parameter input window;

and acquiring the configuration parameters input by the user in the parameter input window.

35. The method of claim 33 or 34, further comprising:

responding to a configuration event which is triggered by a user through the configuration interface and aims at an adjacent conveying execution unit, and acquiring a connection parameter generated in the configuration event; wherein the connection parameters include: the identification of the conveying execution unit at the connection upstream and the identification of the conveying execution unit at the connection downstream;

and sending the connection parameters to a server so that the server can generate a control connection scheme based on the connection parameters, and sending the control connection scheme to a controller or edge computing equipment corresponding to a corresponding conveying execution unit.

36. The method of claim 34, wherein obtaining engagement parameters generated in a configuration event for an adjacent transport execution unit in response to the configuration event triggered by a user through the configuration interface comprises:

the configuration interface displays graphic identifiers of the controllers corresponding to the adjacent conveying execution units respectively, namely a first graphic identifier and a second graphic identifier;

and responding to the operation of the user on the first graphic identifier and the second graphic identifier, displaying page elements reflecting the sequential relation of the first graphic identifier and the second graphic identifier, and generating the connection parameters represented by the page elements.

37. The method of claim 33 or 34, wherein displaying the control scheme configuration interface comprises:

responding to a configuration request triggered by a user aiming at the transportation execution unit group, and acquiring transportation execution unit group information from the server;

and displaying the control scheme configuration interface, wherein an operable graphic identifier associated with the information of the conveying execution unit is displayed in the control scheme configuration interface.