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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2020
Schneider Electric Industries Sas, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Jean-Jacques Adragna, Roquefort-les-Pins, FR;
Kévin Barbier, La Colle-sur-Loup, FR;
Antoine Brück, Nice, FR;
Abhijith Erojirao, North Chelmsford, MA (US);
Francisco Garcia Martin, Barcelona, ES;
Yannick Buchet, Biot, FR;
Schneider Electric Industries SAS, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Abstract
A control device having an integrated switch and being configured to logically enable and disable an Ethernet port of the integrated switch. Further disclosed is a device network consisting of at least two field devices, a primary control device and a primary switch, a secondary control device and a secondary switch, which are connected in a daisy chain loop topology. And wherein the secondary control device is configured to logically enable and disable an Ethernet port of the secondary switch. Further disclosed is a flat network consisting of such a device network. Further disclosed is a method for controlling a redundant connection in a flat network, consisting of detecting failure of the primary control device, initiating failover, enabling the Ethernet port of the secondary switch, and disabling the Ethernet port of the primary switch.