A control system includes a first controller including an interface for connection to a first transmission path, a second controller including an interface for connection to a second transmission path, and a relay. The relay includes a first interface for connection to the first transmission path, and a second interface for connection to the second transmission path. The relay detects a communication state of the first transmission path, and, in accordance with a transfer setting, transmit, to the second controller output data transmitted from the first controller, and transmit, to the second controller, first state data indicating the detected communication state of the first transmission path.

An architecture for transmitting data within an avionics system fitted to a vehicle, the architecture comprising a first field bus and a first avionics bus. According to the invention, the architecture comprises at least two primary channels each comprising: a primary field interface enabling communication between each primary channel via the first field bus, the field interfaces being interconnected with the first field bus; and a first avionics interface compatible with the first avionics bus. The architecture comprises at least one primary computer provided with a second avionics interface in communication via the first avionics bus with only one first avionics interface among the first avionics interfaces.

A gateway for a fieldbus system for connecting a controller to an industrial plant having a plurality of different components. The gateway includes at least one component interface via which the different components can be connected simultaneously or sequentially, a control interface to which a controller of the industrial plant can be connected, and a data processing module which, when at least one of the components is connected to the at least one component interface, is configured to identify the at least one component on the basis of a hardware address assigned thereto and to communicate with the at least one component via the component interface, and which, when the controller is connected to the control interface, is configured to communicate with the controller and to represent the at least one component with respect to the controller as a function-based representation. Furthermore, a fieldbus system is described.

A device includes a plurality of interfaces for Ethernet-APL-and PROFINET-based connection to field devices of an industrial plant, in particular a process or manufacturing plant, and includes an interface for PROFINET-based connection to a higher-level automation device of the industrial plant, wherein the device is configured to serve as a communication switch between the higher-level automation device and the field devices, where the device is further configured to serve as a PROFINET IO device in the context of the connection to the higher-level automation device, and to serve as a PROFINET IO controller in the context of the connection to the field devices, to serve as an Ethernet-APL gateway in the context of the connections to the field devices and the higher-level automation device.