Updating components of a modular system
AssigneeWAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
InventorsJuergen Gorka, Jonathan Jansen
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Abstract
A procedure for changing, in particular for updating a control program of an input/output module (I/O module), wherein the I/O module is attached side-by-side to a head station of a modular fieldbus node, said procedure comprising transferring data describing the change from the head station via a local bus to the I/O module, wherein the local bus connects the head station to the I/O module, checking the compatibility of the I/O module with the change by the I/O module, and transferring feedback, based on the checked compatibility of the I/O module, from the I/O module via the local bus to the head station; a correspondingly configured I/O module is also presented.
Claims11
A method for changing a control program of an input/output module, wherein the I/O module is attached side-by-side to a head station of a modular fieldbus node, the method comprising:
- transferring data describing a change of the control program from the head station to the I/O module via a local bus, the local bus connecting the head station to the I/O module;
- checking, by the I/O module, a compatibility of the I/O module with the change of the control program;
- and
- transferring feedback, that is based on the checked compatibility of the I/O module with the change of the control program, from the I/O module to the head station via the local bus.
An I/O module comprising:
- a control program that is configured to:
- receive data of an updated firmware and/or an updated parameter set from a head station via a local bus;
- check a compatibility of the I/O module with the updated firmware and/or the updated parameter set;
- and
- transfer feedback, that is based on the checked compatibility of the I/O module with the updated firmware and/or the updated parameter set, to the head station via the local bus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.