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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2018
Ifm Electronic Gmbh, Essen, DE;
Alfred Wagner, Bodnegg, DE;
IFM ELECTRONIC GMBH, Essen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a communication system for automation and process engineering, having a controller () as a data receiver and a sensor () as a data source, which use a communication line to exchange digital data as voltage signals based on the IO-Link standard. In order to allow the user to be able to access the data of a sensor that is in the communication system in a simple manner, the communication line is divided into two line sections, and a Y selector switch unit () is used at the junction, wherein the Y selector switch unit () is provided with a first connection () on the sensor side and with a second and a third connection () on the controller side, wherein the second connection () has the controller () connected to it and the third connection () has a further data receiver () connected to it, and wherein the Y selector switch unit () comprises a microcontroller () in which the sensor () is simulated by means of software so that the further data receiver () can query data of the sensor () without having to directly access or engage with the sensor () or the communication thereof with the controller ().