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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2016
Sick Ag, Waldkirch, DE;
Markus Saumer, Waldkirch, DE;
Klaus Weddingfeld, Waldkirch, DE;
SICK AG, Waldkirch, DE;
Abstract
To enable an addition or a removal of a control into or from a communication line without an interruption of the ongoing communication of the communication line, a method is provided of adding a control into a network of at least one first and one second control, which are provided for operating actuators, during an operation of the network, wherein the first and second controls are connected to one another in a communication line and communicate with one another via a first transmission connection of the first control and a second transmission connection of the second control; and wherein each control has an unambiguous identifier, comprising the steps of providing a third transmission connection and a fourth transmission connection between the control to be added and the first control to be connected upstream of the control to be added; providing a fifth transmission connection and a sixth transmission connection between the control to be added and the second control to be connected downstream of the control to be added; and activating the third to sixth transmission connections between the first and second controls and the control to be added on the simultaneous deactivation of the first and second transmission connections between the first and second controls and methods of removing a control from a network of at least one first and one second control and the control to be removed.