Communication device and method of transferring data from a control loop
AssigneeSick AG
InventorsBernd APPEL, Marc LANIGRA, Bahram TORABI
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Abstract
A communication device for a control loop is provided having a control device and an actuator that is connected to the control device via a connection line and that has a sensor for determining a control variable. In this respect, the communication device has a first interface for connecting to the control line for a connection to the control device, a second interface for a connection to the actuator, and a third interface for a connection to a third system to transfer at least some of a communication on the connection line or data acquired therefrom to the third system.
Claims21
A communication device for a control loop, the communication device comprising:
- a control device and an actuator that is connected to the control device via a connection line and
- a sensor for determining a control variable,
- wherein the communication device has a first interface for connecting to the control line for a connection to the control device, a second interface for a connection to the actuator, and a third interface for a connection to a third system to transfer at least some of a communication on the connection line or data acquired therefrom to the third system.
A method of transferring data from a control loop having a control device and
- an actuator that is connected to the control device via a connection line and that has a sensor for determining a control variable,
- wherein a communication device is connected via a first interface in the connection line to the control device and via a second interface in the connection line to the actuator;
- and wherein the communication device transfers at least some of a communication on the connection line or data acquired therefrom via third interface to a third system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.