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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventor:
Michael Pohle, Chemnitz, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/362 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/362 (2013.01); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); G06F 13/4022 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data bus coupler has a primary bus connection for a primary bus and a plurality of secondary bus connections each for a terminal. The coupler includes a slave unit connected to the primary bus connection and a master unit connectable to the secondary bus connections and configured for sending telegrams to and receiving telegrams from the secondary bus connections, and a control unit. Communication switching means, under control of the control unit, connect each secondary bus connection to/from the master unit.