Communications: electrical – Systems – Selsyn type
Patent
1996-04-26
1998-05-26
Hofsass, Jeffery
Communications: electrical
Systems
Selsyn type
340507, 340508, 340509, 34082506, 34082552, 34082554, 324539, 324540, 455 31, H04M 1104
Patent
active
057572658
ABSTRACT:
A field bus system may be used in which transmission ability of the system can be maintained even if communication error occurs due to noises or failure of a transmission line. The system can be easily shifted at a lower cost from a conventional system to the field bus system without degrading the high reliability thereof. The transmission line is constituted by a multiple-cable transmission line having at least three transmission cables. An external power supply supplies power to field devices through a pair of transmission cables of the multiple-cable transmission line. The field devices are connected to the transmission cables through a transmission line switching unit constituted by a plurality of rectifier elements, so that the field devices are supplied with current flowing in one predetermined direction when any of the pairs of transmission cables is selected. The external power supply monitors a failure of a currently used pair of transmission cables and, upon detection of failure of the currently used pair of transmission cables, the failed pair is replaced by a normal pair of transmission cables such that the field devices are continuously supplied with power.
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Kogure Makoto
Tomaoki Koji
Tsuchihashi Toshimitsu
Hitachi , Ltd.
Hofsass Jeffery
Pope Daryl C.
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