Labelling machine for labelling containers
AssigneeKrones AG
InventorNorbert Heimann
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Abstract
Labelling machine for labelling containers, having at least one docking station for a labelling apparatus and a machine control system, wherein the docking station comprises at least one network access for establishing a network connection between the machine control system and a docked labelling apparatus, wherein the network connection is designed to transmit security-relevant data and/or time-critical data, and wherein the network access is connected to a manageable Ethernet network switch of the machine control system with a DHCP server, wherein the DHCP server is adapted to assign a preset IP address determined by the DHCP server to a labelling apparatus connected to the network access.
Claims13
A labelling machine for labelling containers, having at least one docking station for a labelling apparatus and a machine control system, wherein the docking station comprises at least one network access for establishing a network connection between the machine control system and a docked labelling apparatus, wherein the network connection is adapted to transmit security-relevant data and/or time-critical data, and wherein the network access is connected to a manageable Ethernet network switch of the machine control system with a DHCP server, wherein the DHCP server is adapted to assign a preset IP address determined by the DHCP server to the labelling apparatus connected to the network access,
- wherein assigning the preset IP address to the labelling apparatus connected to the network access comprises assigning a distinct IP address, by the DHCP server, to each of the network accesses so that a fixed, preset IP address is assigned to the corresponding access at the docking station by the DHCP server and wherein this fixed, preset IP address is used in turn for the communication of security-relevant data and/or time-critical data with the labelling apparatus connected to the docking station;
- wherein the security-relevant data comprises data that is relevant to security of an operator and wherein the time-critical data comprises data that is relevant for a chronological sequence of processes during machine operation.
A method for establishing a network connection for transmitting security-relevant data and/or time-critical data between a labelling machine and a labelling apparatus, wherein the labelling machine comprises at least one docking station for the labelling apparatus and a machine control system, wherein the docking station comprises at least one network access with which the network connection is established between the machine control system and the docked labelling apparatus, wherein the network connection is adapted for transmitting the security-relevant data and/or time-critical data, and wherein the network access is connected to a manageable Ethernet network switch of the machine control system with a DHCP server, wherein the DHCP server assigns a preset IP address determined by the DHCP server to a labelling apparatus connected to the network access,
- wherein assigning the preset IP address to the labelling apparatus connected to the network access comprises assigning a distinct IP address, by the DHCP server, to each of the network accesses so that a fixed, preset IP address is assigned to the corresponding access at the docking station by the DHCP server and wherein this fixed, preset IP address is used in turn for the communication of security-relevant data and/or time-critical data with the labelling apparatus connected to the docking station;
- wherein the security-relevant data comprises data that is relevant to security of an operator and wherein the time-critical data comprises data that is relevant for a chronological sequence of processes during machine operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.