Phoenix Contact Gmbh + Co. Kg

Klas Hellmann

Johannes Kalhoff

Viktor Oster

Dietmar Krumsiek

Martin Mueller

Martin Müller

Claus Peter Kuehnl

Holger Meyer

Claus Peter KÜHNL

A backplane module for coupling a plurality of function modules, includes a base body, a network coupling element arranged within the base body, at least one first connection device arranged on the base body for coupling a function module, the at least one first connection device having at least one communication interface connected to a port of the network coupling element via a signal line, and at least one second connection device arranged on the base body for coupling a function module, the at least one second connection device having at least two communication interfaces, each of which is connected to one of the ports of the network coupling element via a respective separate signal line, which together can form a logical transmission channel.

Backplane module for electrically connecting a plurality of functional modules, and modular communications system

A network for data transmission, in particular in automation technology, includes: a) a plurality of terminals, b) a common gateway for external connection of the network with the plurality of terminals to an external data transmission network, c) data connections between the common gateway and individual terminals of the plurality of terminals, and d) a plurality of OPC-UA servers. One of the plurality of OPC-UA servers is in each case assigned to the individual terminals, and individual OPC-UA servers communicate with corresponding terminals so that the individual terminals are addressable by the external data transmission network according to OPC-UA. A software component, which creates one of the OPC-UA servers, is in each case stored in the individual terminals. The common gateway loads the software components for creating the individual OPC-UA servers from the terminals and executes them in the common gateway.

Network for data transmission

Meeting the safety requirements of automation systems in a more flexible manner, the invention provides a control and data transmission system for controlling safety-critical processes comprising a plurality of I/O modules connected via a first communication network to a gateway module. The gateway module is connected to a second communication network hierarchically superior to the first communication network and acts as a gateway between the first and the second communication networks. At least one of the I/O modules comprises a diagnosis unit for generating status data relating to the functional state of an input and/or output and/or of a process device. The gateway module and the I/O modules communicate via the first communication network in a safe manner to transfer status data and input and/or output data. The gateway module performs safety processing of the status data and/or of the input and/or output data.

Control and data-transfer system, gateway module, I/O module, and method for process control

The present disclosure relates to an arrangement of support elements for holding electronic function modules; having a first support element, wherein the first support element has a top side and a bottom side, wherein a first web receptacle is formed in the top side, and wherein a second web receptacle is formed in the bottom side; and a second support element, wherein the second support element has a first side web and a second side web, wherein the first side web can be inserted into the first web receptacle, and wherein the second side web can be inserted into the second web receptacle.

Arrangement of support elements of electronic modules

The invention relates to a method according to which a cycle-oriented control program generated for a programmable logic controller () is at least partially converted into a code that may be executed by a logic component () of a communications module (), such that at least the converted program segment of the cycle-oriented control program may be executed in a cycle-free manner. Cycle-free or virtually cycle-free means that at least some of the implemented control functions and system functions may be executed in a parallel fashion and therefore more quickly than would be the case if the cycle-oriented control program were executed by the PLC ().

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Hameln, Germany

Klas Hellmann