Central controller for a data network
AssigneeTurck Holding GmbH
InventorPeter Strunkmann
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Abstract
A central controller for a data network includes an input interface for receiving a request signal, a control unit for generating a control signal depending on the request signal received, and at least one output interface for transmitting the control signal to at least one participant device. The control signal is set up to actuate the at least one participant device to emit a participant output signal for identifying a physical position of the at least one participant device.
Claims15
A central controller for a data network, comprising:
- an input interface for receiving a request signal;
- a control unit for generating a control signal depending on the request signal received;
- and
- at least one output interface for transmitting the control signal to at least one participant device;
- wherein
- the control signal is set up to actuate the at least one participant device to emit a participant output signal for identifying a physical position of the at least one participant device.
A system for a data network, comprising:
- an input interface for receiving a request signal;
- a control unit for generating a control signal depending on the request signal received;
- and
- at least one output interface for transmitting the control signal to at least one participant device, wherein
- the control signal is set up to actuate the at least one participant device to emit a participant output signal for identifying a physical position of the at least one participant device;
- the at least one participant device is coupled, in relation to data, to the central controller;
- and
- the at least one participant device comprises an output unit for emitting the participant output signal for identifying the physical position of the at least one participant device.
A method for operating a central controller in a data network with at least one participant device allocated, in relation to data, to the central controller, comprising:
- receiving a request signal;
- and
- generating a control signal depending on the request signal received, the control signal being set up to actuate the at least one participant device to emit a participant output signal for identifying a physical position of the at least one participant device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.