Industrial control device and method for insertion and removal of a module under power without interruption

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9774544
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14585523

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Disclosed is an industrial control device including a point-to-point backplane/point module architecture providing RIUP (Removal and Insertion Under Power) functionality where data communications between modules is maintained after the removal of a point module from the backplane. According to an exemplary embodiment, a backplane includes a plurality of bypass switches controlled by respective point modules, whereby data communicated bypass a removed point module interface and point-to-point data communications are provided to an inserted point module after an initial routine is executed by a microcontroller associated with the inserted point module.

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ROCKWELL AUTOMATION ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS CTR PTE LTDSINGAPORE 618494

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Kong, Chew Earn Singapore, SG 1 7

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