Apparatus and method for planning bus systems

US6975952B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Lydia Dietermann · Versmold, DE
• Gunnar Lessmann · Nieheim, DE
• Ralf Aron · Detmold, DE
• Dietmar Krumsiek · Emmerthal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 8, 2000
• Grant date: Dec 13, 2005
• Expiry date: May 8, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/02
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

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.