Plug-cable unit for a removable coding plug, coding plug and method for configuring a functional unit with a coding plug
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1. A plug-cable unit comprising:
- 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;
a plug module configured to be connected to a control device of the piece of furniture; and
a plug connector configured to receive a coding plug such that the coding plug is removable from the plug connector, 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, wherein the cable, the plug module and the plug connector form the plug-cable unit, and wherein the plug module and the cable are located on opposite ends of the plug-cable unit and the plug connector is located in between the opposite ends.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a plug-cable unit includes a plug connector which is equipped to receive a coding plug. A cable is used for connecting to a functional unit to be controlled, in particular of an electromechanically adjustable piece of furniture. A plug module is used for connecting to a control device of the piece of furniture. In one embodiment, a coding plug includes at least two ports for connecting to related contacts of a plug connector of a plug-cable unit, and at least one electronic component having at least one parameter of a functional unit.
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1. A plug-cable unit comprising:
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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; a plug module configured to be connected to a control device of the piece of furniture; and a plug connector configured to receive a coding plug such that the coding plug is removable from the plug connector, 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, wherein the cable, the plug module and the plug connector form the plug-cable unit, and wherein the plug module and the cable are located on opposite ends of the plug-cable unit and the plug connector is located in between the opposite ends. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A setting device for an electromechanically adjustable piece of furniture, the setting device comprising:
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a control device for the 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 plug module and the cable are located on opposite ends of the plug-cable unit and the plug connector is located in between the opposite ends, and 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, and wherein the plug connector is configured to receive the coding plug such that the coding plug is removable from the plug connector. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for 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 such that the coding plug is removable from the plug-cable unit, the plug-cable unit comprising a cable configured to be connected to the functional unit to be configured, a plug module configured to be connected to a control device of the piece of furniture, and a plug connector configured to receive the coding plug, 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, wherein the cable, the plug module and the plug connector form the plug-cable unit, and wherein the plug module and the cable are located on opposite ends of the plug-cable unit and the plug connector is located in between the opposite ends; connecting a functional unit of the piece of furniture to the 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 (15, 16, 17)
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