Building automation system operating installation control and regulation arrangement
First Claim
1. A building automation system comprising in combinationan arrangement located in an housing (280) for supervision, control and regulation of said building automation system anda technical operating plant (9) of said building automation system located outside of said housing (280) of said arrangement,said arrangement comprising in combinationa control module (10) serving as master transmitter-receiver,a bus rail (12) comprising a plurality of conductors (30, 32, 40, 41) and located remotely from said control module (10) at the electrical periphery of said arrangement, said bus rail (12) including a plurality of bus rail connector elements (273) which define positions along said bus rail (12),one or more function modules (11) serving as slave transmitter-receivers installed in a row along said bus rail (12), each of said one or more function modules (11) having an adjustable address independent of their position along said bus rail (12), anda bus connection (12;
- 14) connecting electrically said control module (10) and said one or more function modules (11) for transmission of address signals, data signals and supply voltages, said bus connection (12;
14) including said bus rail (12), and whereineach of said one or more function modules (11) includes a terminal block (274) and a separate electronics block (275),said electronics block (275) being provided with a set of connector elements (279) for connecting said electronics block (275) interchangeably with any one of said bus rail connector elements (273) located at any one of said positions along said bus rail (12), so that the corresponding function module (11) is connected electrically to said plurality of conductors (30, 32, 40,
41) of said bus rail (12) via one of said connector elements (273), andsaid terminal block (274) being provided with connection elements (276) for connecting electrically the corresponding function module (11) directly via separate cable connections (13) to a device of said technical operating plant (9) for transmission of process parameters of said technical operation plant (9),wherein said bus connection (12;
14) includes a cable connection (14) located between said control mode (10) and said bus rail (12), andwherein said arrangement further comprises at least one feed module (15) which is electrically plugged in on said bus rail (12) via one of said bus rail connector elements (273) to establish an electrical connection between said cable connection (14) and said bus rail (12).
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Abstract
An arrangement for the control of an operating installation of a building automation system is disclosed. The arrangement comprises a control module serving as a master transmitter-receiver and at least one function module serving as a slave transmitter receiver. A bus connection including a bus rail connects the control module and the at least one function module for the transmission of addresses and data and for the transmission of operating voltages. The bus rail is installed electrically at the periphery of the installation so that the at least one function module is connected to a plurality of conductors forming the bus rail and directly to the installation so that the function module serves as an input/output terminal of said installation for the transmission of process parameters.
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1. A building automation system comprising in combination
an arrangement located in an housing (280) for supervision, control and regulation of said building automation system and a technical operating plant (9) of said building automation system located outside of said housing (280) of said arrangement, said arrangement comprising in combination a control module (10) serving as master transmitter-receiver, a bus rail (12) comprising a plurality of conductors (30, 32, 40, 41) and located remotely from said control module (10) at the electrical periphery of said arrangement, said bus rail (12) including a plurality of bus rail connector elements (273) which define positions along said bus rail (12), one or more function modules (11) serving as slave transmitter-receivers installed in a row along said bus rail (12), each of said one or more function modules (11) having an adjustable address independent of their position along said bus rail (12), and a bus connection (12; - 14) connecting electrically said control module (10) and said one or more function modules (11) for transmission of address signals, data signals and supply voltages, said bus connection (12;
14) including said bus rail (12), and whereineach of said one or more function modules (11) includes a terminal block (274) and a separate electronics block (275), said electronics block (275) being provided with a set of connector elements (279) for connecting said electronics block (275) interchangeably with any one of said bus rail connector elements (273) located at any one of said positions along said bus rail (12), so that the corresponding function module (11) is connected electrically to said plurality of conductors (30, 32, 40,
41) of said bus rail (12) via one of said connector elements (273), andsaid terminal block (274) being provided with connection elements (276) for connecting electrically the corresponding function module (11) directly via separate cable connections (13) to a device of said technical operating plant (9) for transmission of process parameters of said technical operation plant (9), wherein said bus connection (12;
14) includes a cable connection (14) located between said control mode (10) and said bus rail (12), andwherein said arrangement further comprises at least one feed module (15) which is electrically plugged in on said bus rail (12) via one of said bus rail connector elements (273) to establish an electrical connection between said cable connection (14) and said bus rail (12). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 24)
- 14) connecting electrically said control module (10) and said one or more function modules (11) for transmission of address signals, data signals and supply voltages, said bus connection (12;
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15. A building automation system comprising in combination
an arrangement located in an housing (280) for supervision, control and regulation of said building automation system and a technical operating plant (9) of said building automation system located outside of said housing (280) of said arrangement, said arrangement comprising in combination a control module (10) serving as a master transmitter-receiver, one or more function modules (11) serving each as a slave transmitter-receiver, and a bus connection (12; - 14) including a bus rail (12) for connecting electrically said control module (10) and said one or more function modules (11) for the transmission of address signals and data signals and the transmission of supply voltages, and
wherein said bus rail (12) is installed remotely from said control module (10) at the electrical periphery of said arrangement, and wherein said bus rail (12) is comprising a plurality of conductors (30, 32, 40,
41) and a plurality of bus rail connector elements (273) which define positions along said bus rail (12), andwherein each of said one or more function modules (11) includes a terminal block (274) and an electronics block (275), said electronics block (275) being provided with a set of connector elements (279) for connecting said electronics block (275) interchangeably with any one of said bus rail connector elements (273) located at any one of said positions along said bus rail (12), sot hat the corresponding function module (11) is connected electrically to said plurality of conductors (30, 32, 40,
41) of said bus rail (12) via one of said connector elements (273), each of said one or more function modules (11) having an adjustable address independent of their position along said bus rail (12), andsaid terminal block (274) being provided with connection elements (276) for connecting electrically the corresponding function module (11) directly via separate cable connections (13) to a device of said technical operating plant (9) for transmission of process parameters of said technical operating plant (9), and wherein said control module (10) includes a digital circuit controlled by a microcomputer (50) for controlling transmission between said one or more function modules (11) and said control module (10), and wherein said microcomputer (50) is connected to an address memory (52) and to a bi-directional data driver (53), and wherein said arrangement further comprises a direction control device (54) for determining the direction of transmission of the bi-directional data driver (53), and wherein said digital circuit contains an address register (58) for storing an address byte, a function register (59) to store a function byte if one is to be transmitted, at least one data register (60 or
61) to store a data byte, a status register (62) to store a status of said arrangement, a shift register (63) serving as a parallel/serial or serial/parallel converter, a transmitting unit (66) and a receiving unit (67), whereby all the registers (58, 59, 60, 61,
62) are connected to the address memory (52) and to the bit-directional data driver (53) and whereby all the registers (58, 59, 60,
61) with the exception of the status register (62) are connected to a parallel input/output of the shift register (63) whose serial output is connected via the transmitting unit (66) to the input of a transmission circuit (23) of a level adaptation circuit (20), while an output of a receiving circuit (24) of said level adaptation circuit (20) is connected via the receiving unit (67) to a serial input of the shift register (63). - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
- 14) including a bus rail (12) for connecting electrically said control module (10) and said one or more function modules (11) for the transmission of address signals and data signals and the transmission of supply voltages, and
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