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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2021
Festo SE & Co. KG, Esslingen, DE;
Eduard Faber, Stuttgart, DE;
Danny Schneider, Lichtenwald, DE;
Thilo Streichert, Stuttgart, DE;
Silvia Starz, Weinstadt, DE;
Festo SE & Co. KG, Esslingen, DE;
Abstract
A system () for industrial automation, including a field device () with a function unit (), in particular an actuator unit, sensor unit and/or control unit, which is configured to provide a function in accordance with a received payload (ND), and a communication unit () for receiving a payload signal (DS) containing the payload (ND) via a cable (), the communication unit () being configured to provide a parameter set (PS) on the basis of the payload signal (DS) and to carry out signal processing of the payload signal (DS) using the parameter set (PS) in order to obtain the payload (ND) from the payload signal (DS), the system () further comprising a diagnosis device () which is configured to determine a cable wear condition of the cable () in accordance with an indicator variable (IG) based on the parameter set (PS).