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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2011
Herbert Barthel, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Temple L. Fulton, Elizabethton, TN (US);
Peter Hoedl, Graz, AT;
Herbert Barthel, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Temple L. Fulton, Elizabethton, TN (US);
Peter Hoedl, Graz, AT;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for checking an installation location of a component in a failsafe automation system, wherein the components are connected to one another in series and uniquely defined addresses are continuously assigned from a first component to successor components, wherein, after the assignment of addresses to the components, a switching device is operated in the components such that a signal transit time measurement is performed incrementally with a test signal for each successor component, and wherein the test signal is emitted and re-received and the installation location of the successor component is check based on the time difference.