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Building automation system operating installation control and regulation arrangement

  • US 5,128,855 A
  • Filed: 05/31/1989
  • Issued: 07/07/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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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