PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLER

摘要

A programmable controller (10) according to an embodiment is connected via a network (30) to devices (21—23) to be controlled and is provided with: a control unit (70) which requests, via the network (30), the devices (21—23) to notify the programmable controller (10) of the identifiers of the devices (21—23) and mode information specifying the functions and the operation methods used by the devices (21—23); and a storage unit (71) which stores the identifiers and the mode information that have been sent from the devices (21—23) via the network (30) in response to the request.