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AssigneeMurrelektronik GmbH
InventorsSteffen Lentmaier, Ingo Wolff, Bastian Baier
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A modular communication system for connection to a master unit, including a device which is configured in a decentralized manner and includes at least a first module and a second module, wherein the first module is configured and set up to be directly connected to the master unit, and wherein the second module is directly connected to the first module and is configured and set up to be indirectly connected to the master unit via the first module, wherein the first module is further configured and set up to receive a data signal from the master unit. The data signal includes at least a first data set usable by the first module, and at least a second data set usable by the second module. The present disclosure further relates to a summing frame method, to a block frame method and to an indexing method for operating the communication system.
A modular communication system for connection to a master unit, comprising a device which is configured in a decentralized manner and includes at least a first module and a second module, wherein the first module is configured and set up to be directly connected to the master unit and to communicate with the master unit using IO-Link protocols, wherein the second module is directly connected to the first module and is configured and set up to be indirectly connected to the master unit via the first module, wherein the first module is further configured and set up to receive a data signal from the master unit, and wherein the data signal comprises at least a first data set usable by the first module, and at least a second data set usable by the second module, wherein the first module is a gateway which establishes a connection of the device that is configured in the decentralized manner to the master unit and wherein the first module, being the gateway, interprets and modifies data on application-oriented layer 6 and/or 7 of the Open Systems Interconnection Reference Model.
A modular communication system configured as an IO-Link communication system for connection to an IO-Link master unit, comprising a device which is configured in a decentralized manner and includes at least a first module and a second module, wherein the first module is configured and set up to be directly connected to the master unit, wherein the second module is directly connected to the first module and is configured and set up to be indirectly connected to the master unit via the first module, wherein the first module is further configured and set up to receive a data signal from the master unit, wherein the data signal comprises at least a first data set usable by the first module, and at least a second data set usable by the second module, and wherein the first module is configured to communicate with the master unit using IO-Link protocols, wherein the first module is a gateway which establishes a connection of the device that is configured in a decentralized manner to the master unit, and wherein the first module, being the gateway, interprets and modifies data on the application-oriented layer 6 and/or 7 of the Open Systems Interconnection Reference Model.
A modular communication system for connection to a master unit, comprising a device which is configured in a decentralized manner and includes at least a first module and a second module, wherein the first module is configured and set up to be directly connected to the master unit, wherein the second module is directly connected to the first module and is configured and set up to be indirectly connected to the master unit via the first module, wherein the first module is further configured and set up to receive a data signal from the master unit, wherein the data signal comprises at least a first data set usable by the first module, and at least a second data set usable by the second module, wherein the first module is a gateway which establishes a connection of the device that is configured in a decentralized manner to the master unit, wherein the first module, being the gateway, interprets and modifies data on application-oriented layer 6 and/or 7 of the Open Systems Interconnection Reference Model, and wherein the first and second module are furthermore configured to communicate with each other using protocols that make use of the communication physics of IO-Link protocols.
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