METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SAFETY-RELATED COMMUNICATION IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK OF AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM
Patent №
US 8,923,286
Granted
2014-12-30
Filed 2010
Owner
PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
Lab
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AI components
2
planning · hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12878496
The invention relates to communication between safety-related modules in a communication network of an automation system. The object of the invention is to simplify installation and development of safety-related modules in an automation network. To this end, the safety functions of a system are divided into small, manageable, locally delimitable and simply verifiable groups of modules.
AI classification
Ownership
PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
assignment · 252250035
Assignors
SCHMIDT, JOACHIM, HORN, STEFFEN
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.