METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A PROGRAMMABLE DEVICE OVER POWER LINES

The invention proposes a specific method for configuring a programmable electrical device (103). The method introduces increasing flexibility of device (103) functionality, using a new approach for device configuration exclusively via power lines (104). In order for the invention to be fully usable in practice, the existence of dedicated power supply interface (102), which provides data transfer between a programmer (106) and a device (103), is necessary. Power supply interface (102) enables, besides the communication via the power lines (104), the possibility of supplying the device (103) that is being configured. Therefore, the devices that control the system have limited power supply and can be used. The basic characteristics of this method are: the two-way approachable communication interface ("one wire"), a "half duplex" bidirectional communication, parallel power supplying and communication between the device being configured and the programmable device. Pronalazak predlaže specifičnu metodu konfiguracije programabilnog električnog uređaja (103). Metoda uvodi povećanje fleksibilnosti rada uređaja (103)koristeći novi pristup konfiguracije isključivo preko napojnih pristupa (104). Da bi pronalazak bio ostvariv u praksi neophodno je postojanje namenske napojne sprege (102) koja obezbeđuje prenos podataka između programatora (106) i uređaja (103). Napojna sprega (102) omogućava pored komunikacije preko naponskih linija (104) i mogućnost napajanja uređaja (103) koji se konfiguriše, pa se zbog toga mogu koristiti uređaji čiji kontrolni sistem ima ograničeno napajanje. Osnovne karakteristike ove metode su: dvopristupna komunikaciona sprega (,,one wire"), ,,half-duplex" bidirekciona komunikacija, istovremeno napajanje i komunikacija između programatora i uređaja.