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US 10,333,515 B2Granted
Control device, automation system and method for operating a control device
AssigneeFesto AG & Co.
InventorsRoland Kalberer, Andreas Herzog
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Abstract
Control device having at least one electrical switching device, configured to provide electrical power to an associated load and arranged between a supply connection and a load connection and having at least one processing device, electrically connected with an input interface, with the at least one electrical switching device and with the load connection wherein it is provided that between the supply connection and the load connection parallel to the switching device an electrical resistor means is arranged, in order that when the switching device is open it forms a voltage divider with the load and allows a monitoring of the load connection independently of the switching state of the switching device.
Claims11
A control device for activation of a component of a processing system, the control device comprising:
- a supply connection;
- a load connection;
- at least one electrical switching device arranged between the supply connection and the load connection, the electrical switching device being configured to provide electrical power to an associated load;
- an electrical resistor arranged between the supply connection and the load connection parallel to the switching device;
- an input interface;
- and
- a microprocessor electrically connected with each of the input interface, the at least one electrical switching device and the load connection, the microprocessor processing electrical signals received from the input interface and generating switching signals,
- wherein the at least one electrical switching device is switchable between an open position, for opening an electrical connection between the supply connection and the load connection, and a closed position, for closing of the electrical connection between the supply connection and the load connection, depending on the switching signals generated by the microprocessor, and
- wherein the microprocessor is configured to monitor signal levels at the load connection;
- and
- wherein the electrical resistor forms a voltage divider with the load when the switching device is in the open position for allowing a monitoring of the load connection independently of whether the switching device is in the open position or in the closed position.
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A control device for activation of a component of a processing system, the control device comprising:
- a supply connection;
- a load connection;
- at least one electrical switching device arranged between the supply connection and the load connection, the electrical switching device being configured to provide electrical power to an associated load;
- an electrical resistor arranged between the supply connection and the load connection parallel to the switching device;
- an input interface;
- and
- a microprocessor electrically connected with each of the input interface, the at least one electrical switching device and the load connection, the microprocessor processing electrical signals received from the input interface and generating switching signals,
- wherein the at least one electrical switching device is switchable between an open position, for opening an electrical connection between the supply connection and the load connection, and a closed position, for closing of the electrical connection between the supply connection and the load connection, depending on the switching signals generated by the microprocessor, and
- wherein the microprocessor is configured to monitor signal levels at the load connection, and
- wherein the electrical resistor forms a voltage divider with the load when the switching device is in the open position for allowing a monitoring of the load connection independently of whether the switching device is in the open position or in the closed position, and
- wherein the microprocessor is configured for a processing of electrical signals of the input interface, wherein the electrical signals of the input interface contain a load group configuration which is predefined in a first encoding and in a second encoding, and wherein the microprocessor is configured for a disconnection of at least one load group if a deviation exists between a diagnostic configuration for the load group and the load group configuration determined for the load group.
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A control device for activation of a component of a processing system, the control device comprising:
- a supply connection;
- a load connection;
- at least one electrical switching device arranged between the supply connection and the load connection, the electrical switching device being configured to provide electrical power to an associated load;
- an electrical resistor arranged between the supply connection and the load connection parallel to the switching device;
- an input interface;
- and
- a microprocessor electrically connected with each of the input interface, the at least one electrical switching device and the load connection, the microprocessor processing electrical signals received from the input interface and generating switching signals,
- wherein the at least one electrical switching device is switchable between an open position, for opening an electrical connection between the supply connection and the load connection, and a closed position, for closing of the electrical connection between the supply connection and the load connection, depending on the switching signals generated by the microprocessor, and
- wherein the microprocessor is configured to monitor signal levels at the load connection, and
- wherein the electrical resistor forms a voltage divider with the load when the switching device is in the open position for allowing a monitoring of the load connection independently of whether the switching device is in the open position or in the closed position, and
- wherein the microprocessor is configured for a free association of load connections and associated switching devices to respective load groups as a function of at least one load group configuration.
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An automation system with a control device and a controller, the control device comprising:
- a supply connection;
- a load connection;
- at least one electrical switching device arranged between the supply connection and the load connection, the electrical switching device being which is configured to provide electrical power to an associated load;
- an electrical resistor arranged between the supply connection and the load connection parallel to the switching device;
- an input interface;
- and
- a microprocessor electrically connected with each of the input interface, the at least one electrical switching device and the load connection, the microprocessor processing electrical signals received from the input interface and generating switching signals,
- wherein the at least one electrical switching device is switchable between an open position, for opening an electrical connection between the supply connection and the load connection, and a closed position, for closing of the electrical connection between the supply connection and the load connection, depending on the switching signals generated by the microprocessor, and
- wherein the microprocessor is configured to monitor signal levels at the load connection, and
- wherein the electrical resistor forms a voltage divider with the load when the switching device is in the open position for allowing a monitoring of the load connection independently of whether the switching device is in the open position or in the closed position, and
- wherein the controller is connected via a communications link with the control device and is configured to provide electrical signals to the input interface of the control device and with at least one load, connected with at least one of the load connections of the control device, wherein the controller is configured for a provision of a load configuration to the control device.
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A method for operating a control device, the control device comprising:
- a supply connection;
- a load connection;
- at least one electrical switching device arranged between the supply connection and the load connection, the electrical switching device being configured to provide electrical power to an associated load;
- an electrical resistor arranged between the supply connection and the load connection parallel to the switching device;
- an input interface;
- and
- a microprocessor electrically connected with each of the input interface, the at least one electrical switching device and the load connection, the microprocessor processing electrical signals received from the input interface and generating switching signals,
- wherein the at least one electrical switching device is switchable between an open position, for opening an electrical connection between the supply connection and the load connection, and a closed position, for closing of the electrical connection between the supply connection and the load connection, depending on the switching signals generated by the microprocessor, and
- wherein the microprocessor is configured to monitor signal levels at the load connection, and
- wherein the electrical resistor forms a voltage divider with the load when the switching device is in the open position for allowing a monitoring of the load connection independently of whether the switching device is in the open position or in the closed position, and
- wherein the microprocessor is configured to compare at least two electrical signals arriving at the input interface and containing a load configuration which is predefined in a first encoding and in a second encoding and wherein the microprocessor performs a storing of the load configuration if the two load configurations contained in the at least two electrical signals match and wherein the microprocessor performs a determination of a diagnostic configuration on a basis of signal levels of respectively monitored load connections and a comparison of the diagnostic configuration with the stored load configuration and also performs an activation of the electrical switching devices for opening the electrical connections between the supply connection and the respective load connection in the event of deviations between diagnostic configuration and load configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.