公开(公告)号：US20250119315A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-10

申请号：US18982720

申请日：2024-12-16

Applicant: Beckhoff Automation GmbH

Inventor： Patrick Jebramcik ,  Sebastian Sicken ,  Armin Pehlivan ,  Thomas Morscher ,  Christoph Zech ,  Peter Fischer ,  Peter Kastler ,  Milos Winter ,  Christoph Egger

IPC: H04L12/42 ,  B25J9/16

Abstract: A modular machine-automation system includes a server module and a plurality of client modules. Each client module includes a housing having a first client module connection face with a first client signal transfer unit and a second client module connection face with a second client signal transfer, and a client bus switch-on unit. In an initialization mode, a client signal coupling unit in the client bus switch-on unit is configured to determine which client module connection face is connected to a server module connection face, either directly or via one or a plurality of further client modules, in order to switch to a first operating mode when the first client module connection face is coupled to the server module connection face, and to a second operating mode when the second client module connection face is coupled to the server module connection face.