Conveyor system, motor roller controller and method for operating a conveyor system

A conveyor system, for conveying goods and packages comprising:

• a motor-roller controller comprising:
• at least one motor-roller control port and at least one wired signal bus port,
• a wireless communication unit arranged to sense identification signals of wireless motor-roller controllers and to obtain signal strength information from the sensed identification signals,
• a wired communication unit arranged to send the signal strength information and to receive signal strength information and
• a computing unit arranged to compute a position of the wireless motor-roller controller relative to at least two wired motor roller controllers based on the received signal strength information;
• the at least two wired motor-roller controllers,
• at least two of the wireless motor-roller controllers, wherein each wireless motor-roller controller has at least one control port and a wireless port, and
• wherein the two wired motor-roller controllers are connected in series along a signal bus via the signal bus port,
• wherein
• each wired motor-roller controller senses a signal strength of wireless signals of the wireless motor-roller controllers, and
• the wired motor-roller controllers exchange information about the sensed signal strengths.

A method for operating a conveyor system comprising:

• a motor-roller controller comprising:
• at least one motor-roller control port and at least one wired signal bus port,
• a wireless communication unit arranged to sense identification signals of wireless motor-roller controllers and to obtain signal strength information from the sensed identification signals,
• a wired communication unit arranged to send the signal strength information and to receive signal strength information and
• a computing unit arranged to compute a position of the wireless motor-roller controller relative to at least two wired motor roller controllers based on the received signal strength information;
• the at least two wired motor-roller controllers,
• at least two of the wireless motor-roller controllers, wherein each wireless motor-roller controller has at least one control port and a wireless port, and
• wherein the wired motor-roller controllers are connected in series along a signal bus via the signal bus port,
• wherein
• each of the wired motor-roller controller senses a signal strength of wireless signals of the wireless motor-roller controllers, and
• the wired motor-roller controllers exchange information about the sensed signal strengths;
• the method comprising:
• sensing a signal strength of identification signals wirelessly send by at least two wireless motor-roller controllers, and
• exchanging the information about the sensed signal strengths of the identification signals between at least two wired motor-roller controllers and
• compute a position of a wireless motor-roller controller relative to at least two wired motor roller controllers based on the exchanged information.