Rtu addon
OwnerMaarten Van Laereinventor
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Abstract
An ADDON for a networked sensor solution that provides a new innovative way for enabling the integration with legacy industrial control systems by connecting the ADDON in the same way as a sensor is connected to the base unit; wired or wireless; direct or indirect. The ADDON makes the data from the sensors directly available to ICS without having to connect to a network first, through industrial wired protocols such as but not limited to, Modbus RTU and BACnet MSTP.
Claims16
A RTU (Remote Terminal Unit) add on device that can be connected into a networked sensor platform to enable its integration with industrial controllers and industrial control systems (ICS) without the need of a network, the device comprising:
- one RTU add on device connected with a sensor platform's base unit;
- the base unit is the logical module to which sensors are connected;
- the base unit makes the values of digital or analog sensors available over an IP communication network to other applications, modules, or users;
- the RTU add on device connects, like a sensor, to the base unit;
- creation of a bridge between IP based sensor platforms and legacy ICS;
- communication between the sensor and the base unit can be digital or analog using a wired or wireless connection, or any combination thereof;
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- the add on device making the data from the sensor platform available to an ICS and other systems using industrial wired protocols.
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