Safety communication system

• US 20040008467A1
• Filed: 06/13/2003
• Published: 01/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Schneider Automation (Schneider Electric SE)
• Original Assignee: Schneider Automation (Schneider Electric SE)
• Inventors: Ganier, Andre, Calandre, Jean-Marc
• Application Number:
  US10/460,474
• Publication Number:
  US 20040008467A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/119
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/042 using digital processors G05B19/05 takes precedence

Abstract

The invention relates to a safety communication system in a automation application (5), comprising a first communication bus (19) on which at least one first safety monitor (12) is connected fitted with several outputs (13), and a second communication bus (29) on which are fitted a second inputs safety module (25), capable of generating a second safety signal, and a second safety monitor (22) receiving said safety signal and fitted with several outputs (23), on the second communication bus (29). Outputs (13) of the first safety monitor (12) are electrically connected to inputs of the second inputs module (25) so as to control at least one output (23) of the second safety monitor (22) as a function of the state of the outputs (13) of the first safety monitor (12).

Claims

1. Safety communication system in a automation application (5), comprising

a first communication bus (19) on which at least one first safety monitor (12) is connected fitted with several outputs (13) controlled by the first safety monitor (12),

a second communication bus (29) on which are connected a second safety inputs module (25) fitted with several inputs and capable of generating on the second communication bus (29) a second safety signal representative of the state of said inputs, and a second safety monitor (22) receiving said second safety signal and fitted with several outputs (23) that can be controlled by the second safety monitor (22) as a function of said second safety signal,

characterised in that outputs (13) of the first safety monitor (12) are connected to inputs of the second safety inputs module (25) so as to control at least one output (23) of the second safety monitor (22) as a function of the state of the outputs (13) of the first safety monitor (12) connected to the inputs of the second safety inputs module (25).

2. Safety communication system according to claim 1, characterised in that two outputs (13) of the first safety monitor (12) are electrically connected respectively to two inputs of the second safety inputs module (25).

3. Safety communication system according to claim 1, characterised in that the first safety monitor (31) and the second safety inputs module (34) are integrated in a safety repeater (30) comprising a common housing connected to the first communication bus (19) and to the second communication bus (29).

4. Safety communication system according to claim 1, characterised in that a first safety inputs module (15), connected to the first communication bus (19) and fitted with several inputs, is capable of generating on the first communication bus (19) a first safety signal representative of the state of said inputs, the first safety signal being received by the first safety monitor (12) to control the outputs (13) of the first safety monitor (12).

5. Safety communication system according to claim 1, comprising

at least one additional second safety monitor (22′

) connected to the second communication bus (29) and fitted with several outputs (23′

) controlled by the additional second safety monitor (22′

),

a first safety inputs module (15′

) connected to the first communication bus (19), fitted with several inputs and capable of generating a first safety signal on the first communication bus (19) representative of the state of said inputs,

a first safety monitor (12′

) connected to the first communication bus (19), receiving said first safety signal and comprising several outputs (13′

) that can be controlled by the first safety monitor (12′

) as a function of said first safety signal,

characterised in that outputs (23′

) of the additional second safety monitor (22′

) are connected to inputs of the first safety inputs module (15′

) so as to control at least one output (13′

) of the first safety monitor (12′

) as a function of the state of the outputs (23′

) of the additional safety monitor (22′

) connected to the inputs of the first safety inputs module (15′

).

6. Safety communication system according to claim 1, comprising several first safety monitors (12,12″

) connected to the first communication bus (19) and comprising several second communication buses (29,49) on each of which are connected a second safety inputs module (25,45) and a second safety monitor, characterised in that the outputs (13,13″

) of each first monitor (12,12″

) are respectively connected to the inputs of the second inputs module (25,45) of each second communication bus (29,49) so as to control at least one output of each second monitor as a function of the state of the outputs (13,13″

) of the first monitors.

7. Safety communication system according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the safety signals generated by second and first safety inputs modules are composed of an ordered sequence of several frames, specific to each safety inputs module.

8. Safety communication system according to one of the preceding claims, characterised in that the first communication bus (19) and the second communication bus(es) (29,49) are AS-i buses.