An electrical connection enclosure (100) is supplied with electrical power by power supply cables (102) and supply at least one electrical load (104). The enclosure comprises a power supply column (106) and at least one connection column (110). Each connection column comprises at least one monitoring-and-control unit (138) connected to an electrical load, electrically protected by a protection unit (140) and configured to allow the connection and potentially the driving and/or the surveillance of an electrical load. The electrical enclosure is controlled by an industrial computer (130). Each connection column comprises a communication module (134) which centralizes operating information originating from the monitoring-and-control units of that connection column, transmits this operating information to the industrial computer, receives commands originating from the industrial computer and transmits these commands to the monitoring-and-control units of that connection column. At least one communication module comprises a power supply board delivering at least one auxiliary voltage to each connection column

Tools and techniques are described to create a controller wiring board. A user, using a user interface associated with a controller, can determine which devices will be attached to a controller. The features of the devices may be already known by the controller. The controller can change wiring terminal types depending on the requirements of the devices wired to the controllers. In some embodiments, a device is wired to a module associated with the controller. The controller can signal to the module to modify its wiring terminal to match the needs of the device to be wired to that location.

A switch gear module for installation in a switch gear cabinet includes: a switch gear module housing, the housing including power circuits and first electrical power devices including breakers, contactors, and motor circuit breakers for supplying electric power to an electric load including an electric motor, and electric control circuits and auxiliary circuits controlling the first electrical power devices. The power circuits and the first electrical power devices are contained in a first power-unit housing forming a first functional power-unit and the electric control circuits and auxiliary circuits are contained in a separate second control- and auxiliary circuit housing forming a second functional control- and auxiliary circuit unit. Each of the first functional power-unit and the second functional control and auxiliary circuit unit includes an interface for connecting the power circuits and electrical power devices contained in the first power-unit housing.

An industrial controller with a modular backplane includes multiple modules, where each module includes a base and a chassis. Electrical connectors located on each side of the base engage the base of an adjacent module such that the bases are electrically connected. The backplane is defined by and extends through each of the bases connected to each other. A chassis is inserted into each base. Each chassis includes an embedded switch and a local circuit. The embedded switch is in communication with the base, and the local circuit performs the operation of the corresponding module. The embedded switch receives data transmitted along the backplane between bases. The embedded switch reads the data intended for the module and passes the data to the local circuit for further processing. Similarly, the embedded switch receives data from the local circuit and inserts the data on the backplane for transmission to the appropriate module.

Tools and techniques are described to attach a device to a controller, whereby the controller analyzes the device inputs, looks up information about the device in a database, and then determines which inputs on the device match the defined device inputs. It then may translate information received from the device into an intermediate language. It may also use the information received from the device, the location of the device, and information about the device to create a digital twin of the device.

A module is described which is slidably attachable to a controller. Resource wires are connected to the module through resource connectors, The module has a circuit board that can perform actions. The module can modify the function of its resource connectors. These modifications may be to meet the requirements of resources that are to be connected to the module. The module may be able to monitor voltage, current, or power, or check for faults on the wire. The results of such monitoring may be displayed on a screen associated with the controller.

Tools and techniques are described to attach a device to a controller, whereby the controller analyzes the device inputs, looks up information about the device in a database, and then determines which inputs on the device match the defined device inputs. It then may translate information received from the device into an intermediate language. It may also use the information received from the device, the location of the device, and information about the device to create a digital twin of the device.

Proposed is an electronic assembly block that includes a first circuit board provided with a first connector disposed thereon, the first connector including a cylindrical power data terminal and a cylindrical ground terminal disposed to be spaced apart from and at an outer side of the power data terminal, a second circuit board provided with a second connector disposed thereon, the second connector having a cylindrical protrusion and including a power data piece 71 provided on an inner surface of the protrusion and a ground piece provided on an outer surface of the protrusion, a connection part electrically connecting the first circuit board and the second circuit board, a housing having the first circuit board and the second circuit board disposed in a hollow thereof and providing an outer shell, and a sub-housing coupled with the housing and having a through-hole provided at a part corresponding to the second connector to allow the second connector to be exposed when coupled with the housing.

A modular and configurable group of electrical device group 10 for measurement, control and display of electrical and process parameters comprising a first sub-group 11 and a second sub-group 12; each member comprises either a neck mountable enclosure unit 22 or a base mountable enclosure unit 21, along with a programmable computing receptacle assembly 390 a plurality of function modules 300, a display module 350 and optionally a battery module 380; wherein, a programming and configuration tool 100 is adopted to program and configure each member as an application specific product 23 or as a programmable device 24; an application specific software concentrate 200 drives each member, and is derived from a code generator 250 which converts a PLC compatible programming language 280 into the application specific software concentrate 200 such that an execution time of a “while loop” of the application specific software concentrate 200 is minimal.

Tools and techniques are described to modify a defined space state depending on number of users in the space and/or preferences of users in the space. In some embodiments, users entering or leaving a space are noticed by network systems. A controller then modifies resources in the space to account for the greater or lesser load. In other cases, the network system notices that a specific user has entered a building. This user may have preferences stored in the system which the building control system then responds to by changing state of a device that controls physical state within the space.