公开(公告)号：US09853831B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-26

申请号：US14173154

申请日：2014-02-05

Applicant: Control Techniques Limited

Inventor： Richard Mark Wain ,  Bryce Trevor Beeston ,  Luke Duane Orehawa ,  James Robert Douglas Kirkwood

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/413 ,  H04L12/46

CPC classification number: H04L12/413 ,  H04L12/4625

Abstract: A control module for use within a control network, the control module comprising: interface circuitry for enabling communication with an external device; communication means configured to communicate with the external device over the control network by communication with the interface circuitry; coupling means configured to mechanically couple the control module to an adjacent control module and provide a data connection between the communication means and the adjacent module; and an electrical isolation in the data connection between the communication means and the coupling means.