Control device and method for operating such a control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10082809-B2
Application number	US-201214117199-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 3, 2012
Priority date	May 18, 2011
Publication date	Sep 25, 2018
Grant date	Sep 25, 2018

Abstract

An embodiment relates to a control device for an electric load and to a corresponding method for operating such a control device, the control device being designed as an insert module for inserting into an insert shaft. Depending on the design, the insert shaft is provided with or without a storing device for storing configuration data and/or operating parameters of the control device or the electric load. The control device includes: a) a first device for checking whether a storing device is present or not, b) a second device for implementing the function of reading the parameters and data for operating the control device if a storing device is present, the parameters and data being stored in the storing device, and not carrying out a start-up if a storing device is not present, and c) the function of not carrying out a start-up when a storing device is not present can be deactivated.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control device for an electric load, the control device being designed as an insert module that is insertable into an insert shaft of a system or a device, the insert shaft being provided with or without with a storage device, the storage device being configured to store at least one of configuration data and operating parameters of the control device or of the electric load connected to the system or device, the control device comprising:
a first device configured to detect the presence and absence of a storage device in the insert shaft; and
a second device configured to provide a first function to read in the operating parameters or the configuration data stored in the storage device for operating the control device when a storage device is detected the second device, and further configured to provide a second function to not carry out a start-up when an absence of the storage device is detected, the second function being deactivatable, wherein the control device is preset with default parameters for the first use, and the function of not carrying out a start-up if the storage device is absent is deactivated for only the first use.

2. The control device of claim 1 , wherein the control device is an engine management device of an electric motor.

3. The control device of claim 2 , wherein the control device is preset with default parameters for the first use and the function of not carrying out a start-up if a storage device is absent is deactivated.

4. A method of operating a control device for an electric load, the control device being an insert module insertable into an insert shaft of a system or a device, wherein the insert shaft being provided with or without with a storage device, the storage device being configured to store at least one of configuration data and operating parameters of the control device or of the electric load, the method comprising:
detecting, via the control device and with each activation process, the presence and absence of a storage device in the insert shaft; and
reading the parameters and data stored in the storage device into the control device when the storage device is present, and controlling a function, which is deactivatable, of not carrying out a start-up when the storage device is absent, wherein the control device starts upon a first use with preset default parameters, when the storage device is absent, the function of not carrying out the start-up is deactivated only during the first use of the control device.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein, upon a storage device being present, the default parameters and data stored in the storage device are read into the control device, and if the second function to not carry out the start-up when the storage device is absent, has not yet been activated, the second function is activated.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein, upon a storage device being detected, the default parameters and data stored in the storage device are read into the control device, and if the second function to not carry out the start-up when the storage device is absent, has not yet been activated, the second function is activated.

Assignees

• Boemoser Stefan
• Proelss Manfred
• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Bömoser Stefan
• Prölss Manfred

Classifications

• H02B11/02

  Details · CPC title

• Y04S20/227

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• Y02B70/3241

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• H01H2300/03

  Application domotique, e.g. for house automation, bus connected switches, sensors, loads or intelligent wiring · CPC title

• G05F1/00 Primary

  Automatic systems in which deviations of an electric quantity from one or more predetermined values are detected at the output of the system and fed back to a device within the system to restore the detected quantity to its predetermined value or values, i.e. retroactive systems · CPC title