US 2010/0146167 A1 · Control and/or data-transmission module

Abstract

The invention relates to a control and/or data-transmission system comprising a number of I/O modules connected in series one adjacent to the other and a control and/or data-transmission module, as well as a control and/or data-transmission module for controlling I/O modules for such a control and data-transmission system. The invention proposes a control and data-transmission system that comprises a number of I/O modules connected in series one adjacent to each other, wherein each I/O module comprises at least one I/O signal channel and also at least one first signal terminal for connecting the I/O signal channel to a data bus and at least one second signal terminal for connecting a bus subscriber to the I/O signal channel, and wherein the system comprises a control and/or data-transmission module that comprises control electronics for the selective control of the number of I/O modules and that forms a detachable unit.

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Dependent claims

Control and data-transmission system comprising:

comprising:
a plurality of I/O modules (100 . . . 107) arranged in series one adjacent to the other, wherein each I/O module in the plurality of I/O modules comprises at least one I/O signal channel, as well as at least one first signal terminal for connecting the I/O signal channel to a data bus and at least one second signal terminal for connecting a bus subscriber to the I/O signal channel;
and
a control and/or data-transmission module (300), wherein the control and/or data-transmission module comprises control electronics for selective control of the I/O modules and is interconnected mechanically to the I/O modules and forms, with these modules, a detachable unit, and wherein the Plurality of I/O modules is provided, in order to contain the control and/or data-transmission module (300).

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Control and/or data-transmission module for controlling I/O modules for a control and data-transmission system in which each I/O module comprises at least one I/O signal channel and also a first signal terminal for connecting the I/O signal channel to a data bus and second signal terminal for connecting a bus subscriber to the I/O signal channel and each I/O module further has a first connection device, wherein the control and/or data transmission module comprises:

a plurality of second connection devices that are constructed complementary to first connection devices including the first connection device and that are arranged in series on the housing of the control and/or data-transmission module for the detachable, mechanical connection of the control and/or data-transmission module to a corresponding plurality of I/O modules arranged in series one adjacent to the other, wherein the control and/or data-transmission module is containable by the plurality of I/O modules arranged in series one next to the other;
and
control electronics accommodated in the housing for the selective control of I/O modules connected to the control and/or data-transmission module.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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