Field bus device for detecting an operating state of an automation device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10299090-B2
Application number	US-201615160514-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 20, 2016
Priority date	Jun 15, 2015
Publication date	May 21, 2019
Grant date	May 21, 2019

Abstract

A field bus device for detecting an operating state of an automation device includes: a sensor for acquiring sensor data which indicate an operating state of the automation device; a controller configured to generate a signalling information based at least in part on the acquired sensor data; and a wireless communication interface configured to receive a request to transmit the generated signalling information via a wireless communication network and to emit the generated signalling information via the wireless communication network in response to the reception of the request.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A field bus device for detecting an operating state of an automation device, comprising:
a sensor configured to acquire sensor data indicative of an operating state of the automation device;
a controller configured to generate a signalling information based at least in part on the acquired sensor data, wherein the controller is configured to generate the signaling information continuously;
a wireless communication interface configured to receive a request to transmit the generated signalling information via a wireless communication network and to emit the generated signalling information via the wireless communication network in response to the reception of the request; and
a field bus interface configured to continuously emit sensor data acquired using the sensor via a different communication network than the wireless communication network.

2. The field bus device according to claim 1 , wherein the signalling information comprises at least one member of the group consisting of: a characterization of the acquired sensor data and the acquired sensor data.

3. The field bus device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is a member of the group consisting of: a power sensor configured to record an electrical power consumption of the automation device, a temperature sensor configured to record a temperature value of the automation device, and a vibration sensor configured to record a vibration value of the automation device.

4. The field bus device according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication interface is a member of the group consisting of: a Bluetooth communication interface, a ZigBee communication interface, and a wireless local area network communication interface.

5. The field bus device according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication interface is further configured to receive an identifier via the communication network, and the controller is further configured to, in response to the reception of the identifier, set up the communication interface to receive the request to transmit the generated signalling information via the communication network.

6. The field bus device according to claim 1 , further comprising a memory, wherein the controller is further configured to store the generated signalling information in the memory, and the wireless communication interface is further configured to read the stored signalling information from the memory and to emit the signalling information which has been read via the communication network in response to the reception of the request.

7. The field bus device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller and the wireless communication interface are connected via a serial peripheral interface bus system.

8. The field bus device according to claim 1 , further comprising a board on which the controller and the wireless communication interface are arranged.

9. The field bus device according to claim 8 , wherein an antenna for the wireless communication interface is arranged on the board.

10. The field bus device according to claim 9 , wherein the antenna comprises a meander structure, or wherein the antenna comprises a ceramic chip antenna.

11. The field bus device according to claim 1 , wherein the field bus interface comprises a local bus interface.

12. The field bus device according to claim 1 , wherein the field bus device comprises a local bus subscriber.

13. A communication system for requesting a signalling information from one field bus device of a plurality of field bus devices via a wireless communication network, comprising:
a user interface configured to select the field bus device from the plurality of field bus devices;
a wireless communication interface configured to emit a request for the signalling information to the selected field bus device via the wireless communication network and is configured to receive the signalling information from the selected field bus device via the wireless communication network; and
the field bus device further comprising a field bus interface configured to continuously emit sensor data acquired using the sensor via a different communication network than the wireless communication network to an automation device.

14. The communication system according to claim 13 , further comprising a display device for graphically displaying the received signalling information.

15. A method of detecting an operating state of an automation device, comprising:
acquiring sensor data indicative of an operating state of the automation device;
generating signalling information based at least in part on the acquired sensor data, wherein the signaling information is generated continuously;
receiving a request over a wireless communication interface to transmit the generated signalling information via wireless communication network;
emitting the generated signalling information via the wireless communication network in response to the reception of the request; and
emitting the acquired sensor data via a different communication network than the wireless communication network, wherein the acquired sensor data is emitted continuously.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the signalling information comprises at least one member of the group consisting of: a characterization of the acquired sensor data and the acquired sensor data.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
receiving an identifier via the communication network; and
setting up, in response to the reception of the identifier, the communication interface to receive the request to transmit the generated signalling information via the communication network.

18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
storing the generated signalling information in a memory;
read the stored signalling information from the memory; and
emit the signalling information which has been read via the communication network in response to the received request.

19. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
continuously emitting sensor data acquired using the sensor to a controller of the automation device.

Assignees

• Phoenix Contact Gmbh Co Kg
• Phoenix Contact Gmbh & Co

Inventors

• Linne Michael

Classifications

• H04W4/38

  for collecting sensor information · CPC title

• G05B19/042

  using digital processors (G05B19/05 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04W52/0229

  where the received signal is a wanted signal · CPC title

• H04L2012/40221

  Profibus · CPC title

• H04W4/70 Primary

  Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] · CPC title