Apparatus and method for planning bus systems
AssigneePhoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsLydia Dietermann, Gunnar Lessmann, Ralf Aron, Dietmar Krumsiek
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Abstract
According to the invention, a method and an apparatus are provided for determining bus system parameters and/or configurations, in particular of field bus systems, in the form of digital information, lists, plans and graphical representations, which apparatus comprises a device for detecting, storing and selecting both machine-related and bus-related data and, furthermore, has at least one output device for outputting and/or displaying and/or transmitting data.
Claims19
An apparatus for planning of parameters or bus system configurations, comprising:
- a device for planning bus system parameters or configurations in a form of at least one of digital information, plans and graphical representations, including:
- a device that detects, stores and selects input data comprising machine-related data and bus-related data, a device that automatically provides a bus system architecture on the basis of the input data, and
- at least one output device that at least one of outputs, displays, and transmits data.
A method for planning bus system parameters or configurations in a form of at least one of digital information, lists, plans and graphical representations, comprising the following steps:
- a) detecting, storing and selecting input data comprising machine-related data and bus-related data,
- b) automatically designing a bus system architecture on the basis of the input data, and
- c) at least one of outputting, displaying, and transmitting data by an output device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.