System having at least one frequency converter

Abstract

A system includes a number of frequency converters, wherein a respective frequency converter has a wired data interface and a frequency converter parameter memory. The system further includes a number of wireless local area network modules, wherein a respective WLAN module has a wired data interface. The data interface of the WLAN module can be coupled to the data interface of a frequency converter for the purpose of bidirectional data exchange, wherein the frequency converter parameter memory of a frequency converter is designed to store values of a number of frequency converter WLAN parameters.

Claims

1.-10. (canceled)

11. A system, comprising: a number of frequency converters, wherein a respective frequency converter comprises: a wired data interface, and a frequency converter parameter memory; a number of wireless local area network modules, wherein a respective WLAN module comprises: a wired data interface, wherein the data interface of the WLAN module is couplable to the data interface of a frequency converter for purpose of bidirectional data exchange, and the frequency converter parameter memory of a frequency converter is designed to store values of a number of frequency converter WLAN parameters.

12. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein a respective WLAN module has a module parameter memory, which is designed to store values of a number of module WLAN parameters.

13. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein a WLAN module, which is coupled to a frequency converter for data exchange, is designed to control its operation depending on the stored values of the number of frequency converter WLAN parameters, and/or to control its operation depending on the stored values of the number of module WLAN parameters.

14. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein a respective frequency converter and/or a respective WLAN module has a configuration control device, by which it is possible to specify whether the WLAN module controls its operation depending on the stored values of the number of frequency converter WLAN parameters or controls its operation depending on the stored values of the number of module WLAN parameters.

15. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the number of frequency converter WLAN parameters are parameters for an infrastructure mode, and/or the number of module WLAN parameters are parameters for an ad-hoc mode.

16. The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the number of frequency converter WLAN parameters and/or the number of module WLAN parameters have a WLAN SSID parameter, wherein the WLAN SSID parameter denotes a service set identifier of the WLAN.

17. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the values of the frequency converter WLAN parameters of a frequency converter of the number of frequency converters are selected such that said frequency converter forms a wireless access point, and the values of the frequency converter WLAN parameters of the remaining frequency converters of the number of frequency converters are selected such that said frequency converters form clients.

18. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein a WLAN module is mechanically couplable to a frequency converter via a latching connection.

19. The system as claimed in claim 11, further comprising: an operating device having a WLAN interface, wherein data is transmittable between the operating device and a frequency converter via the WLAN interface of the operating device and via a WLAN module coupled to the frequency converter.

20. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein a frequency converter is designed to supply electrical energy to a WLAN module coupled to the frequency converter.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0020] The invention is described in detail below with reference to the drawings. In said drawings:

[0021] FIG. 1 shows a schematic block diagram of a system and

[0022] FIG. 2 shows a schematic block diagram of a variant of the system from FIG. 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] FIG. 1 shows a system 10, which has a frequency converter 100. The frequency converter 100 has a frequency converter parameter memory 110A and a wired data interface 105 having a 10-pole socket.

[0024] The frequency converter parameter memory 110A of the frequency converter 100 is designed to store values of a number of frequency converter WLAN parameters. One of the values of the number of frequency converter WLAN parameters is a WLAN SSID parameter, wherein the WLAN SSID parameter denotes a service set identifier (SSID) of the WLAN.

[0025] The system 10 further has a wireless local area network (WLAN) module 115. The WLAN module 115 has a wired data interface 120 having a 10-pole plug. The wired data interface 120 of the WLAN module 115 is plugged into the wired data interface 105 of the frequency converter 100 such that data can be exchanged between the frequency converter 100 and the WLAN module 115 by way of the data interfaces 105, 120. The frequency converter 100 is designed to supply electrical energy to the coupled WLAN module 115.

[0026] The module 115 further has a module parameter memory 110B, which is designed to store values of a number of module WLAN parameters. One of the values of the number of module WLAN parameters is a further WLAN SSID parameter, wherein the further WLAN SSID parameter denotes a service set identifier (SSID) of the WLAN. The SSID stored in the frequency converter 100 can correspond to the SSID stored in the WLAN module 115 or can be different therefrom.

[0027] The module 115 further has a configuration control device in the form of a configuration memory 112, wherein a value stored in the configuration memory 112 controls whether the WLAN module 115 controls its operation depending on the stored values of the number of frequency converter WLAN parameters or controls its operation depending on the stored values of the number of module WLAN parameters.

[0028] In the case of a first value stored in the configuration memory 112, for example zero, the WLAN module 115 is operated in an infrastructure mode and the operation of the WLAN module 115 is controlled depending on the values of the number of frequency converter WLAN parameters. In the case of a second value stored in the configuration memory 112, for example one, the WLAN module 115 is operated in an ad-hoc mode and the operation of the WLAN module 115 is controlled depending on the values of the number of module WLAN parameters.

[0029] In the infrastructure mode, the value of the WLAN SSID parameter is transmitted from the frequency converter 100 to the WLAN module 115 after the coupling of the WLAN module 115 to the frequency converter 100. After the transmission of the value of the WLAN SSID parameter, the WLAN module 115 establishes a WLAN based on the transmitted SSID.

[0030] In the ad-hoc mode, the WLAN module 115 establishes a WLAN based on the SSID stored in the module parameter memory 110B after the coupling of the WLAN module 115 to the frequency converter 100.

[0031] In the example shown, the value of the operating mode (ad-hoc mode or infrastructure mode) is selected in such a way that the WLAN module 115 runs in the infrastructure mode and establishes a WLAN radio network in which the WLAN module 115 takes on the function of a router. In other words, the values of that frequency converter WLAN parameters of the frequency converter 100 stored in the frequency converter parameter memory 110A are selected in such a way that the WLAN module 115 runs in the infrastructure mode and thus forms, together with the frequency converter 100, a wireless access point 125 of the WLAN established by the WLAN module 115.

[0032] In order that the connection between the data interface 120 of the WLAN module 115 and the data interface 105 of the frequency converter 100 is not released unintentionally, the WLAN module 115 has a detent, which latches into a corresponding recess at the frequency converter 100. The latching of the detent into the recess produces a mechanical coupling by means of a latching connection 135 between the WLAN module 115 and the frequency converter 100.

[0033] The system 10 further has an operating device 140. The operating device 140 has a WLAN interface 145. Data are exchanged between the operating device 140 and the frequency converter 100 by means of the WLAN interface 145 of the operating device 140 and by means of the WLAN module 115 coupled to the frequency converter 100. After the connection has been successfully established, the frequency converter 100 transmits, for example, diagnosis data via the WLAN to the operating device 140.

[0034] FIG. 2 shows a schematic view of a variant of the system 10 from FIG. 1. The same reference signs are selected for identical or identically acting elements; reference is therefore made in this respect to the above description.

[0035] The system 10 shown in FIG. 2 has four frequency converters 100 and four corresponding WLAN modules 115, wherein each of the WLAN modules 115 is connected to an associated frequency converter 100 by way of the data interfaces 120 of said WLAN modules.

[0036] The frequency converters 100 shown have a configuration control device in the form of a configuration memory 112. In the case of a first value stored in the configuration memory 112 of the frequency converter 100, for example zero, the WLAN module 115 is operated in an infrastructure mode and the operation of the WLAN module 115 is controlled depending on the values of the number of frequency converter WLAN parameters. In the case of a second value stored in the configuration memory 112 of the frequency converter 100, for example one, the WLAN module 115 is operated in an ad-hoc mode and the operation of the WLAN module 115 is controlled depending on the values of the number of module WLAN parameters. The value stored in the configuration memory 112 of the frequency converter 100 takes precedence over the value stored in the configuration memory 112 of the WLAN module 115.

[0037] The values stored in the configuration memories 112 of the respective frequency converters 100 are selected in such a way that the respective WLAN modules 115 are operated in an infrastructure mode.

[0038] The frequency converter WLAN parameters of the frequency converter 100 illustrated on the far left are selected in such a way that said frequency converter forms, together with its WLAN module 115, a wireless access point 125. The frequency converter WLAN parameters of the remaining frequency converters 100 are selected in such a way that said remaining frequency converters form, together with their WLAN modules 115, clients 130, which are registered at the wireless access point 125 via WLAN.

[0039] The operating device 140 is likewise registered as a client at the wireless access point 125 by way of WLAN. In this way, diagnosis data from all four frequency converters 100 can be transmitted to the operating device 140, wherein the entire WLAN is automatically configured by means of the values of the frequency converter WLAN parameters stored in the frequency converters 100.