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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2016
Applicant:
Festo Ag & Co. KG, Esslingen, DE;
Inventors:
Ante Cobanov, Stuttgart, DE;
Martin Wiesner, Ostfildern, DE;
Manuel Braun, Stuttgart, DE;
Ralf Blumentritt, Ostfildern, DE;
Assignee:
FESTO AG & CO. KG, Esslingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/416 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/416 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 69/08 (2013.01); G05B 2219/37371 (2013.01);
Abstract
A controller for controlling an electric or a fluidic valve drive. The controller includes a communications interface which is configured to output a current signal and convert drive-related measurement information into a current signal level within a current interval according to a communications protocol. The communications interface is further configured to convert at least two different items of device status information into different current signals levels outside of the current interval.