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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2002
Wayne Wielebski, New Berlin, WI (US);
John P. Caspers, Racine, WI (US);
Gregory A. Majcher, Broadview Heights, OH (US);
Steven P. Blech, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Gregory J. Svetina, Streetsboro, OH (US);
Wayne Wielebski, New Berlin, WI (US);
John P. Caspers, Racine, WI (US);
Gregory A. Majcher, Broadview Heights, OH (US);
Steven P. Blech, Twinsburg, OH (US);
Gregory J. Svetina, Streetsboro, OH (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
An electrical communications architecture for implementation in a conveyor system, and a method of communicating information among components of a conveyor system, are disclosed. The electrical communications architecture includes a central control device, first and second conveyor modules, and an address-based network. The conveyor modules respectively support first and second control devices and associated first and second sensors. The network couples all of the control devices, and each control device has a respective address on the network. Information is communicated between the associated sensors and control devices by way of respective dedicated connections, and information is communicated among the control devices by way of the network. The first control device operates based upon a program including instructions from the central control device indicative of the address of the second control device with which the second sensor is associated, from which the first control device is to receive sensor information.