Festo Se &co. Kg

Frederik Hertler

Jan Reimer

Armin Hartmann

Control for use in an automation system, including a processor having a communication port for a communication with a sensor and for a reception of sensor signals and a control port for providing control signals, a supply connected to the control port and adapted to provide a variable electrical supply voltage at a supply port in dependence on a control signal level of the control signal, wherein the communication port, the communication port and the supply port are connected to an interface adapted for electrical connection to a sensor, wherein the processor is adapted for providing at least two different communication protocols at the communication port and for providing at least two different control signal levels at the control port.

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Esslingen, Germany

Frederik Hertler