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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2022
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Dayin Xu, Shanghai, CN;
Katherine L. Sokolnicki, Chelmsford, MA (US);
David D. Brandt, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Rebecca R. Jaeger, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
An industrial Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) system and method for connecting devices within an industrial automation system is provided. The industrial SPE system comprises a trunkline formed by a series of trunk cables, where each trunk cable includes a power pair and an SPE pair, and one or more taps connected between the trunk cables of the trunkline. The industrial SPE system further comprises a drop line connected to each of the one or more taps, and a device connected to each of one or more taps via the drop lines. The device is an actuator or a sensor, and at least one of the device and the one or more taps includes a dual-port SPE switch.