Apparatus for connecting a field device to a control system
AssigneeTurck Holding GmbH
InventorPeter Strunkmann
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Abstract
Apparatus for connecting a field device to a control system, the apparatus comprising a control interface for establishing a data connection to the control system; a field-device port for establishing a connection to the field device for data transmission and power transmission, the field-device port having at least three pins; a microprocessor; a physical layer for ground-referenced communication signals; and a further physical layer for non-ground-referenced communication signals; wherein the field-device port is designed such that the field device can be connected for ground-referenced communication signals and for non-ground-referenced communication signals.
Claims13
An apparatus for connecting a field device to a control system, the apparatus comprising:
- a control interface for establishing a data connection to the control system;
- a field-device port for establishing a connection to the field device for data transmission and power transmission, the field-device port having at least three pins;
- a microprocessor;
- a physical layer for ground-referenced communication signals;
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- a further physical layer for non-ground-referenced communication signals;
- wherein the field-device port is designed such that the field device can be connected for ground-referenced communication signals and for non-ground-referenced communication signals.
A kit of parts comprising an IO-Link plug socket and a plug, wherein the IO-Link plug socket is a field-device port for establishing a connection to a field device for data transmission and power transmission, has a four-pin design and is in accordance with the IO-Link standard, having at least one pin for ground-referenced data transmission and two pins for power transmission, wherein the plug is a Single Pair Ethernet plug for a twisted-pair cable of Single Pair Ethernet having a two-pin design, and wherein the plug is designed to be conductively connected to the two pins for power transmission of the IO-Link plug socket, wherein the field-device port is designed such that the field device can be connected for ground-referenced communication signals and for non-ground-referenced communication signals.
A method for operating an apparatus for connecting a field device to a control system, the apparatus including:
- a control interface for establishing a data connection to the control system;
- a field-device port for establishing a connection to the field device for data transmission and power transmission, the field-device port having at least three pins;
- a microprocessor;
- a physical layer for ground-referenced communication signals;
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- a further physical layer for non-ground-referenced communication signals;
- wherein the field-device port is designed such that the field device can be connected for ground-referenced communication signals and for non-ground-referenced communication signals,
- the method comprising:
- establishing a data connection of the apparatus to the control system via the control interface;
- connecting the field device to the apparatus via a plug-in connection, the plug-in connection comprising the field-device port of the apparatus and a plug, by a cable for data transmission and power transmission between the apparatus and the field device;
- recognizing a type of communication signals that is designed to be used for the field device;
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- adjusting, according to the recognition, the apparatus for data transmission using the physical layer for ground-referenced communication signals or using the physical layer for non-ground-referenced communication signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.