Field device with an input unit
AssigneeVEGA Grieshaber KG
InventorsVolker Allgaier, Josef Fehrenbach, Holger Staiger, Jörg Börsig
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Abstract
The invention is a field device with an input unit comprising a first number of switch elements in order to generate first input signals and a second number of magnetically actuatable sensor elements assigned to the switch elements in order to generate second input signals which are OR-linked to the first input signals. Each switch element is assigned to at least two sensor elements, which are arranged and connected such that the respective second input signal is output only when at least two specified sensor elements assigned to a switch element are activated.
Claims10
A field device with an input unit comprising a first set of switch elements embodied as mechanical keys to generate first input signals and a second set of sensor elements allocated to the switch elements and magnetically actuated, to generate second input signals, wherein the second input signals are OR-linked only to the first input signals, wherein at least two sensor elements are allocated to each switch element, which switch elements are each arranged and switched such that an output of the respectively second input signal occurs only when at least two predetermined sensor elements allocated to a switch element are actuated, wherein one switch element is arranged between at least two sensor elements allocated thereto and wherein, respectively, n switch elements and n+1 sensor elements are arranged per line and column.
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