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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2024
Balluff Gmbh, Neuhausen a.d.F., DE;
Christian Seyfried, Aichtal, DE;
BALLUFF GMBH, Neuhausen ADF, DE;
Abstract
In the case of the method and the device described here for automated parameterisation of at least one IO-Link device (-) connected, via an IO-Link connection (-) using communication technology, to a device () having IO-Link Master functionalities for a predetermined intended use () of at least one IO-Link device (-) by means of a configuration assistant (), it is in particular provided that on the basis of the intended use () by means of an expert system () which is based on an artificial neural network and/or is rule-based, by means of which information () relevant for the parameterisation is automatically determined by means of user () inputs () guided by a configuration assistant () serving as a front end for the expert system (), and a parameter set () suitable for the preferably application-related intended use () is automatically created for the parameterisation from the determined information () relevant for the parameterisation.