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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2018
Beckhoff Automation Gmbh, Verl, DE;
Erik Vonnahme, Salzkotten, DE;
Christopher Pohl, Verl, DE;
Beckhoff Automation GmbH, Verl, DE;
Abstract
A microcontroller unit of an input/output module checks whether a communication connection can be set up from the microcontroller unit to a communication subscriber of a data cable plugged into the one portion of a electrical plug connection of the input/output module, wherein the microcontroller unit of the input/output module actuates DC voltage supplies of the input/output module such that the DC voltage supplies apply a respective DC voltage to applicable electrical contacts of electrical contact elements of the input/output module only if the check has revealed that a communication connection has been able to be set up to the communication subscriber of the data cable.