A portable handheld device pairs with a first building control device, to form a first wireless connection. The portable handheld device receives information about a second building control device via the first wireless connection, at least some of the information is received by the first building control device from the second building control device over a building control network before the first building control device provides at least some of the received information to the portable handheld device via the first wireless connection. The portable handheld device sends one or more messages to the first building control device via the first wireless connection, wherein the one or more messages cause the first building control device to communicate with the second building control device via the building control network to initiate a commissioning and/or maintenance process of the second building control device.

One variation a food production system includes: a module housing; a preparation surface arranged above the module housing; a food-dispensing module installed within the module housing and configured to dispense units of an ingredient toward a conveyor module arranged within the module housing; an alert panel integrated within the preparation surface; a set of sensors integrated within the module housing and configured to output timeseries control data representing status of operations at the module housing; and a controller. The controller can: coordinate motion of the conveyor module and selectively trigger the food-dispensing module to dispense the ingredient into a food container, on the conveyor module, to assemble a food product according to a food order; and, in response to interpreting a trigger event based on timeseries control data, trigger the alert panel to output a detectable signal configured to alert an operator of the trigger event at the module housing.

One variation of a food production system includes a controller and a module housing: configured to transiently house a food-dispensing module configured to store and dispense units of an ingredient toward an autonomous assembly zone; and including a positioner module, arranged within the autonomous assembly zone, including a platform configured to receive and support a food container, a set of positioner arms configured to support and move the platform across an assembly plane to position the food container below food-dispensing modules, and a set of actuators configured to transiently engage the set of positioner arms. The controller is configured to: receive a food order specifying the ingredient; trigger the set of actuators to rotate the set of positioner arms to move the platform across the assembly plane and locate the food container below the food-dispensing module; and trigger the food-dispensing module to dispense the ingredient into the food container.

A management device of a component mounting system includes a management storage unit, a data generating unit, and a display control unit. The management storage unit stores management data in which production factor information for identifying production factors in a mounting machine and suction error information output from the mounting machine are associated with one another. The data generating unit generates suction error count data and suction error loss amount data in association with the production factor information based on a data group of the management data. The display control unit controls a display unit such that a suction error data set is displayed with the suction error count data and the suction error loss amount data associated with the production factor information selected via an operating unit as one set.

A range hood, stove and cooker integrated control system, comprising a range hood, a stove and a cooker, wherein the rang hood comprises a range hood controller and a motor connected with the range hood controller; the stove comprises a stove controller and a gas ratio valve connected with the stove controller; a cooker controller and a control button connected with the cooker controller are disposed on a cooker handle; and the cooker controller is in communication with the range hood controller and the stove controller via a wireless signal transceiver.

Controlled pressure drilling of a borehole with a drilling system detects events and identifies the events as being one of a gas-at-surface event, a kick event, a high-pressure low-volume depletion event, and a gas expansion event. Parameters including flow-in, flow-out, density, and standpipe pressure are monitored. A volume increase is detected between the flow-in and flow-out, and an initiation point of the detected volume increase is identified. At this point, an event from the initiation point is identified based on the monitored parameters from the initiation point. To identify a kick event, for example, the standpipe pressure is determined to have increased from the initiation point without the density decreasing since the initiation point, and a cumulative volume value from the initiation point is determined to be above a first threshold. In response to the identified event, an action is initiated in the drilling system.

A power supply configured to supply power to a plasma torch in a gas treatment system within a predetermined power limit by periodically receiving at least one input signal indicative of a current power output by the power supply; and in response to the at least one input signal indicating the power output has passed a predetermined value adjusting the power output such that the power output is within the predetermined power limit. Adjusting the power output includes: outputting a control signal to change a flow rate of a source gas supplied to the plasma torch where the change would maintain a source gas flow rate within predetermined gas flow limits; and where the change would not maintain the source gas flow rate within the predetermined gas flow limits, outputting a control signal to change one of a current or voltage output by the power supply unit.

A motor control system includes first processing circuitry that controls a motor. An upper-level communication path connects an upper-level communication port of the first processing circuitry to second processing circuitry that sends an instruction to the first processing circuitry via the upper-level communication path. A lower-level communication path connects a lower-level communication port of the first processing circuitry to a plurality of devices connected in series to each other. The devices include rotational angle detection circuitry and output circuitry. The rotational angle detection circuitry detects a rotation angle of the motor. The output circuitry outputs associated information that is associated with the motor and is different from the rotational angle or that is associated with an industrial device associated with the motor. The first processing circuitry performs a predetermined processing based on the rotational angle and the associated information, and sends a result of the predetermined processing to the second processing circuitry.

One variation of a food production station includes: a manual assembly zone; an autonomous assembly zone; and a controller. The manual assembly zone includes: a prep surface; and a receptacle configured to receive a sequence of food hoppers configured to store ingredients for manual preparation of food products on the prep surface. The autonomous assembly zone includes: a sequence of module housings supporting the prep surface and configured to house a sequence of food dispensing modules configured to dispense ingredients into food containers; and a conveyor located within the sequence of module housings and configured to transfer food containers along the sequence of food dispensing modules for dispensation of ingredients into food containers. The controller is configured to: receive food orders; and coordinate motion of the conveyor and trigger the sequence of food dispensing modules to dispense ingredients into food containers to assemble food products according to food orders.

A washing machine appliance includes a wash basket that is rotatably mounted within a wash tub and that defines a wash chamber for receiving a load of clothes. A camera assembly is used to monitor articles for washing within the wash basket. Specifically, a controller of the washing machine appliance uses the camera assembly to obtain a reference image and one or more test images, which utilize image recognition to assess turn-over of the articles for washing during a given wash cycle. When turn-over performance is inadequate, a controller may adjust one or more operating parameters of the wash cycle to improve performance. Turn-over performance of the wash cycle is determined to be adequate once the image recognition process fails to find adequate correlation between the reference image and the test image a predetermined number of times.