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AssigneeRockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
InventorsRobert J. Kretschmann, David S. Wehrle, Gerald R. Creech
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Base modules are provided over a backplane network for high availability control of industrial processes or machines. The base modules may include, for example, an I/O base module, which may control the industrial processes or machines and which may releasably receive an I/O function card, an adapter base module, which may communicate with an industrial controller over a separate control network, and a bus expansion base module, which may provide coupling to another bank of base modules. The base modules may be arranged side-by-side via electrical and mechanical connections. Logic of the I/O base module may detect the presence or absence of the I/O function card to allow coupling or bypassing of the I/O function card with respect to the backplane network.
A backplane system for industrial control comprising:
A method for industrial control using a backplane system comprising a first base module having a first port, a second port and a switching node and a second base module having a first port, a second port and a bus slot configured to releasably receive a function card having a switching node, the second port of the first base module directly or indirectly coupled to the first port of the second base module, and the second port of the second base module directly or indirectly coupled to the first port of the first base module to form a network ring, the method comprising:
An I/O base module for an industrial system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.