Minimax Gmbh

Daniel Penning

Jöm Katzorke

Jörn Katzorke

The invention relates to a device () and a corresponding method for monitoring a two-wire line (), in particular a two-wire line () of a fire protection system. The device () comprises a passive terminating component () for terminating the two-wire line (), wherein the passive terminating component has a chargeable energy storage (), a constant current source () for providing a measuring current (I) to the passive terminating component, a voltage detection unit () for detecting a voltage curve (V) at output terminals () of the two-wire line (), a control unit () for controlling the constant current source () and for evaluating the detected voltage curve, the control unit () being configured to separately determine a series resistance (RL) and a parallel resistance (PS) of the two-wire line ().

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Luebeck, Germany

Daniel Penning