Bus station with integrated bus monitor function

US7231483B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VEGA Grieshaber KG · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Gros · Houston, US
• Fridolin Faist · Oberwolfach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 6, 2006
• Grant date: Jun 12, 2007
• Expiry date: Feb 6, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L43/106
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Described is a bus station (e.g., a sensor, an actuator, a gateway) which performs a primary device function and a secondary function (e.g., a bus monitor function). To perform the secondary function, the bus station is equipped with a bus monitor arrangement which allows the bus station to access, to detect and to further process telegram traffic carried on the bus system. Also described is a network equipped with a plurality of such bus stations and a method for carrying out such monitoring with the aid of the bus stations.