INTELLIGENT POWER TAP FOR PROVIDING POWER AND COMMUNICATING IN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION APPLICATIONS

Systems and methods for providing diagnostic information by an intelligent power tap is disclosed. The power tap includes a circuit board and a microcontroller disposed on the circuit board. The microcontrofler is configured to provide a status report of the intelligent power tap. The power tap furt...

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Hauptverfasser: CASPERS, John P, WHITLEY, Darryl E, WANG, Yutao, HAENSGEN, Steven T, KILBURN, Jeffrey A
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:Systems and methods for providing diagnostic information by an intelligent power tap is disclosed. The power tap includes a circuit board and a microcontroller disposed on the circuit board. The microcontrofler is configured to provide a status report of the intelligent power tap. The power tap further includes a physical layer network interface connected to the microcontroller and the physical network. The intelligent power tap is configured to inject at least one of a network power and a switched power into the network system.