Automation device
AssigneePhoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
InventorThorsten Matthies
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to an automation device of a group of automation devices, comprising: a communication interface configured to communicate with a second automation device of the group of automation devices via a communication network; wherein the communication interface is configured to receive a status message of the second automation device that indicates a state or a change in state of the second automation device; and a light source configured to emit a light signal indicating the state or the change in state of the second automation device in response to the receiving of the status message.
Claims17
A first automation device of a group of automation devices, comprising:
- a communication interface configured to communicate with a second automation device of the group of automation devices via a communication network;
- wherein the communication interface is configured to receive a first status message from the second automation device that indicates a first state or a first change in state of the second automation device;
- and
- a light source configured to emit a light signal indicating the first state or the first change in state of the second automation device in response to the receiving of the first status message,
- wherein the communication interface is further configured to receive a second status message from the second automation device via the communication network detect a characteristic of the second status message, wherein the second status message indicates a second state or a second change in state of the second automation device, and wherein the characteristic of the second status message indicates a type or a priority of the second state or the second change in state of the second automation device, compare a characteristic of the first status message and the characteristic of the second status message, and detect a ranking of the first status message and the second status message based on the respective characteristics, and
- wherein the light source is configured to emit a second light signal that indicates a respective state or a respective change in state of the second automation device denoted by the first status message and the second status message as being of higher priority.
A system of automation devices in a group of automation devices, comprising:
- a first automation device and a second automation device;
- wherein the second automation device is configured to transmit a first status message via a communication network;
- and
- wherein the first automation device is configured to:
- receive the first status message from the second automation device,
- visually display a first state or a first change in state of the second automation device as indicated by the first status message received,
- receive a second status message from the second automation device via the communication network,
- detect a characteristic of the second status message, wherein the second status message indicates a second state or a second change in state of the second automation device, and wherein the characteristic of the second status message indicates a type or a priority of the second state or the second change in state of the second automation device,
- compare a characteristic of the first status message and the characteristic of the second status message,
- detect a ranking of the first status message and the second status message based on the respective characteristics, and
- visually display a respective state or a respective change in state of the second automation device denoted by the first status message and the second status message as being of higher priority.
A method for indicating states or changes in states of automation devices in a group of automation devices comprising a first automation device and a second automation device, comprising:
- transmitting a first status message from the second automation device to the first automation device via a communication network;
- receiving the first status message from the second automation device by the first automation device;
- and
- optically displaying a first state or first change in state of the second automation device as indicated by the first status message received by the first automation device,
- receiving a second status message from the second automation device via the communication network;
- detecting a characteristic of the second status message, wherein the second status message indicates a second state or a second change in state of the second automation device, and wherein the characteristic of the second status message indicates a type or a priority of the second state or the second change in state of the second automation device, and
- comparing a characteristic of the first status message and the characteristic of the second status message;
- detecting a ranking of the first status message and the second status message based on the respective characteristics, and
- optically displaying a respective state or a respective change in state of the second automation device denoted by the first status message and the second status message as being of higher priority.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.