Plug-Cable Unit, Coding Plug, Setting Device and Method for Configuring a Functional Unit
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a plug-cable unit comprises a plug connector (11) which is equipped to receive a coding plug (20), a cable (12) for connecting to a functional unit (30) to be controlled, in particular of an electromechanically adjustable piece of furniture, and a plug module (13) for connecting to a control device (40) of the piece of furniture. In one embodiment, a coding plug comprises at least two ports (21, 22) for connecting to related contacts (14, 15) of a plug connector (11) of a plug-cable unit (10), and at least one electronic component (23) comprising at least one parameter of a functional unit (30) to be controlled, of the electromechanically adjustable piece of furniture. In addition, a setting device and a method for configuring a functional unit, in particular of an electromechanically adjustable piece of furniture, are provided.
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29 Claims
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13. A plug-cable unit, comprising:
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a plug connector configured to receive a coding plug; a cable configured to be connected to a functional unit to be controlled, wherein the functional unit to be controlled is part of an electromechanically adjustable piece of furniture; and a plug module configured to be connected to a control device of the piece of furniture, wherein the plug connector has an electrically conductive connection to the plug module and the cable has an electrically conductive connection to the plug module. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A coding plug, comprising:
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at least two ports configured to connect to related contacts of a plug connector of a plug-cable unit; at least one electronic component comprising at least one parameter of a functional unit to be controlled, wherein the functional unit is part of an electromechanically adjustable piece of furniture, wherein the at least two ports are each mechanically and electrically connected to the at least one electronic component; and a housing, wherein the at least two ports are arranged in the housing. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A setting device for an electromechanically adjustable piece of furniture, the setting device comprising:
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a control device for a piece of furniture that is electromechanically adjustable; a functional unit of the piece of furniture; a plug module connected to the control device of the piece of furniture; a cable connected to the functional unit, wherein the cable has an electrically conductive connection to the plug module; a plug connector that has an electrically conductive connection to the plug module, wherein the plug module, the cable and the plug connector form a plug-cable unit, wherein the functional unit is connected to the control device via the plug-cable unit; and a coding plug comprising a plurality of ports configured to connect to related contacts of the plug connector and an electronic component comprising at least one parameter of the functional unit, wherein the ports are each mechanically and electrically connected to the electronic component, the ports and the electronic component being arranged in a common housing; wherein the at least one parameter of the functional unit comprised by the electronic component of the coding plug is made available to the control device via the plug-cable unit. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of configuring a functional unit of an electromechanically adjustable piece of furniture, the method comprising:
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plugging a coding plug into a plug-cable unit; connecting a functional unit of the piece of furniture to a control device of the piece of furniture via the plug-cable unit, reading out at least one parameter of the functional unit from the coding plug; and adjusting the control device of the piece of furniture to control the functional unit as a function of the at least one parameter. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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