Configuration of slave devices in an industrial network system
US12197370B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 20, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 5, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/40169
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for configuring slave devices in a communication system including a master device and slave devices, wherein the master device and the slave devices are connected in chain via a commission line and in parallel via a field bus line, and wherein each slave device is indexed by an index greater than or equal to 1, the slave device of index 1 being connected to the master device. To enroll the slave device of index k, k being equal to or greater than 1, the master device is able to: send, in broadcast via the field bus line, an address configuration frame containing instructions for address configuration with a defined address of index k for the slave device of index k; send, in broadcast via the field bus line, a request for device information, the request containing the defined address; send, in broadcast via the field bus line after having received a reply containing device information and the defined address, a command for sending a commissioning signal via the commission line to the slave device of index k+1, the command containing the defined address; and store the received device information in an information table, the device information containing an identifier of the…
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