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(11) | EP 2 108 723 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Textile machine system and textile machine |
| (57) The present invention provides a textile machine system which eliminates the need
to communicate via a host computer and which facilitates rearrangement of frames.
An automatic winder system (70) includes a plurality of automatic winders (60). Each
of the automatic winders (60) includes a plurality of yarn winding units (16), a frame
control device (11), and a ZigBee terminal (12). The frame control device (11) manages
information on the yarn winding unit (16) and controls the yarn winding unit (16).
The ZigBee terminal (12) can carry out wireless communication directly with a ZigBee
terminal (12) provided in another automatic winder (60). The frame control device
(11) transmits and receives winding information to and from the frame control device
(11) provided in another textile machine (60) via wireless communication by the ZigBee
terminals (12).
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