CONFIGURATION OF A WALL CLOSURE SYSTEM AND RESPECTIVE WALL CLOSURE SYSTEM The present invention relates to a method for configuring a wall closure system, and a wall closure system.
Wall closures are used to selectively open or close openings in building walls and are usually designed as doors, windows or the like.
Wall closure systems make it possible to automatically carry out functions of such wall closures such as opening, closing or locking.
In particular, wall closure systems can have a fire protection function in which the wall closure is automatically closed in the event of fire, for example, an escape door function in which the wall closure unlocks and/or automatically opens in the event of danger, or a smoke venting function in which openings functioning as smoke vents are opened automatically.
For the automated execution of the functions mentioned, the wall closure systems generally comprise a plurality of functional devices that are connected to one another via communication lines.
The functional devices can be designed as actuator units for changing a state of the wall closure, for example for moving or locking the wall closure, or as sensor units for detecting states of the wall closure.
The functional devices can also be designed as control or logic units which logically link input data of the sensor units in order to generate output data for controlling the actuator units.
The actuator units can in particular be designed as drives for the wall closure and the sensor units can be designed as switches or movement sensors.
The input and output data of the sensor units and actuator units are transmitted between the functional devices via the communication lines.
During the installation and commissioning of such wall closure systems, they must be configured in such a way that error-free control of the wall closure is made possible.
As part of the configuration, a determination is made as to the manner in which data is transmitted over the data lines between the functional devices, among other things.
This applies in particular to a selection of the data to be transmitted and the functional devices involved in the data transmission, the way in which the data of the functional devices are logically linked, and which input data are read in and which output data are output.
For example, it can be established in the configuration that input data are to be read in from a switch of the wall closure system, transmitted via the data lines to a control unit and, when the switch is actuated, output data for controlling a drive of the wall closure are generated in order to open or close the wall closure.
Configuring wall closure systems is usually done using special configuration tools with which configuration data is stored in the individual functional devices.
For this purpose, the configuration tools usually provide a user interface that can be connected to the functional devices, for example a programming device that can be connected to the functional devices.
The operation of such configuration tools is usually relatively complex and requires in-depth specialist knowledge of the structure and mode of operation of the wall closure system.
Publication DE 20 2013 100 498 U1 describes the initialization of a drive system for moving leafs of windows, doors, lids or the like in which a plurality of drive units are connected to a programmable control device via a control line.
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Publication DE 10 2007 039 425 A1 describes a control system for manufacturing processes in which a plurality of control nodes and a network configurator are connected to a communication network.
The object of the invention is to provide a method for configuring a wall closure system, a wall closure system and a functional device for a wall closure system in such a way that makes it possible to configure the wall closure system in a particularly simple manner.
This object is achieved by a method for configuring a wall closure system, a wall closure system and a functional device according to the independent claims.
Further developments are provided in the dependent claims.
A method is provided for configuring a wall closure system for a wall closure, in particular for a door or a window, having the features of claim 1. Since the configurations of the wall closure system assigned to the individual structural variants are stored in the at least one functional device, and since the functional device in question selects the configuration assigned to the determined structure of the wall closure system, in particular selects it independently, the wall closure system can be configured particularly easily and automatically.
In particular, it is no longer necessary, after the functional devices are connection to the bus system, to first configure them via a user interface and, for example, to configure data connections between the individual functional devices or to define logical linkings of the functional data before an operation of the wall closure system is possible.
The structure and the different structural variants of the wall closure system are established in particular by the functional devices connected to the bus system and by the device types of the individual functional devices.
In addition, the structure and the different structural variants of the wall closure system can be established by functions that are assigned to the individual functional devices, for example an assignment to an active leaf or a fixed leaf of the wall closure.
In the context of the invention, it was recognized that wall closure systems are usually installed in standard configurations that correspond to a limited number of different structural variants and that it is as such possible to implement automatic configuration of the wall closure systems based on the possible structural variants.
It was also recognized that an automated configuration of the wall closure system can be used to ensure a standard-compliant configuration in a simple manner, for example in the case of safety- related wall closure systems such as escape door systems or fire protection systems.
In the process, the basic idea is that the application of the wall closure system is recognized based on the functional devices connected to the bus system and then a configuration is carried out for the application and stored in at least one functional device.
The wall closure can be designed as a door, a gate, a window or the like.
The wall closure can be single-leaf or multi-leaf, in particular double-leaf.
The wall closure can be arranged on a wall that delimits a room, in particular a closed room.
The wall closure can, for example, be arranged in an outer wall or an inner wall, for example on a wall of a building, a vehicle, ship, aircraft or the like.
The wall closure system can serve as a drive system for the wall closure to automatically move the wall closure, for example to open or close it.
Alternatively or additionally, the wall closure system can be designed as an access control system to check authorization to open or close the wall closure and/or to automatically lock or unlock the wall closure.
The wall closure system can alternatively or additionally also be designed as a safety system for performing safety-critical functions of the wall closure, for example as a fire protection system, rescue route or escape route system, smoke venting system or the like.
The functional devices can be used, among other things, as output units to control actuators of the wall closure, for example to control door drives, motorized locks or hold- open magnets and/or as input units for reading in sensor signals from sensors of the wall closure system, for example from sensor strips, from switches, in particular buttons or emergency-open switches, from identification devices such as key switches or card readers or from fire or smoke alarms.
Alternatively or additionally, the functional devices can also be designed as logic units for processing the sensor signals that have been read in and outputting actuator signals to the actuators, for example as door control units or escape door controls.
The functional data transmitted via the bus system can represent, among other things, the sensor signals that have been read in or the actuator signals to be output.
The stored configurations can each include data connections between the individual functional devices, the data connections establishing, among other things, the functional data to be exchanged, the functional devices between which the functional data is exchanged, and/or time points at which the functional data is exchanged.
The stored configurations can each include control programs with logical commands which are stored in the individual functional devices and which establish the way in which the functional data are logically linked together.
The configurations can also each include predefined initial values for configuration parameters of the wall closure system.
The configuration parameters can be, for example, an opening speed, a hold-open time, a closing speed or similar parameters that describe the automated wall closure system functions.
The configuration parameters can, for example, be evaluated by the stored control programs.
Depending on the configuration of the wall closure system, the functional devices can at the same time be designed as input units and/or output units and/or logic units.
In particular, in principle every functional device can have the ability to logically link the functional data transmitted via the bus system.
The selected configuration can then establish in which of the functional devices the logical linking of the transmitted functional data actually takes place.
For example, in the case of a configuration with a door control unit or a central control device, functional data can be logically linked to control an actuator, such as a door drive, in the central control device.
In an alternative configuration without a central control device, the functional data for controlling the actuator can then be linked directly in the output unit to which the actuator is connected, for example in the door drive that includes the actuator.
The stored configurations can, in particular, establish in which of the functional devices connected to the bus system a cross-device system function is controlled.
The cross- device system function can, in particular, include controlling a plurality of functional devices.
For example, the cross-device system function can include a time-coordinated control of a plurality of functional devices, for example a time-coordinated control of a plurality of output units.
The cross-device system function can include, for example, an automated unlocking and opening of the wall closure, such as an escape door.
A plurality of functional devices can be controlled in such a way that first a drive unit connected to a drive pulls back a leaf of the wall closure against the resistance force of a seal of the wall closure, and then a motorized lock unit connected to a lock of the wall closure unlocks the wall closure and then the drive unit connected to the drive opens the leaf of the wall closure to the open position.
If the wall closure is a double-leaf wall closure, alternatively or additionally a drive unit connected to an active leaf of the wall closure and a further drive unit connected to a fixed leaf of the wall closure can be controlled in a time-coordinated manner as part of a cross-device system function in such a way that first the active leaf and only then the fixed leaf is set into motion.
According to the stored configurations, the cross-device system function in each configuration can be controlled by the most valuable functional device connected to the bus system.
The individual functional devices can each be assigned a value which, for example, corresponds to a computing capacity of the individual functional devices.
The higher the computing capacity, the higher the value of the respective functional device.
In particular, a door control unit or a central device can have a higher value than a drive unit and the drive unit can have a higher value than a sensor unit.
Thus, in a first configuration which includes the central device or the door control unit, the cross-device system function can be controlled in the central device or the door control unit, and in a second configuration, which only includes the drive unit, but not the door control unit or the central device, it can be controlled in the drive unit.
When controlling the cross-device system function, at least some of the functional data transmitted via the bus system can be logically linked.
For example, a first part of the transmitted functional data can be logically linked in the functional device carrying out the cross-device system function, while a second part of the transmitted functional data is logically linked in another functional device, and/or further parts of the transmitted functional data are linked in other functional devices.
Functional data can also be logically linked in the functional device carrying out the cross-device system function only to implement the system function, such as an escape door function or a fire protection function, and to implement at least one further system function, for example a door opener function, de-centrally in one or more other functional devices, for example directly in one or of the drive units.
Another cross-device system function can include, for example, collecting and/or merging status data transmitted via the bus system, for example system error data, maintenance parameter data such as opening cycle numbers, and/or system configuration parameter data.
The collected and/or merged status data can then be stored in the functional device carrying out the cross-device system function and/or transmitted via a data connection connected to the functional device carrying out the cross-device system function or to another functional device.
The functional devices form bus subscribers of the bus system and communicate via the bus system in accordance with a specified bus protocol.
The bus system can in particular be designed as a field bus, for example as a real-time field bus.
The data transmission via the bus system can take place in particular according to the CAN bus protocol, the KNX protocol, the BACnet protocol, the Lon Talk protocol, the ZigBee protocol, the LIN protocol or the Profibus protocol.
The wall closure system can be designed as a wall closure complex, in particular as a door complex, such a wall closure complex comprising all functional devices that are arranged in the immediate spatial vicinity of a single wall closure and/or perform functions of this individual wall closure.
The functional devices are arranged in a surrounding area arranged around the wall closure and/or can only be activated from this surrounding area.
The wall closure complex includes, for example, all sensors that can be activated from the surrounding area of the wall closure, and all actuators that are arranged in the surrounding area of the wall closure and/or that drive the wall closure.
A connection of the wall closure complex to further wall closure complexes or to higher-level control systems, for example building management systems, can take place via an additional data connection which, in particular, can be designed to be separate from the bus system.
Only one of the functional devices of the wall closure complex can be connected to the additional data connection, which then indirectly connects the other functional devices to the additional data connection.
The additional data connection can be based on a data transmission protocol which differs from a data transmission protocol used on the bus system or corresponds to the data transfer protocol used on the bus system.
The method can be carried out for all functional devices connected to the bus system.
However, it can also be carried out for only some of the functional devices connected to the bus system, the remaining functional devices being operated with configurations that are preset, for example via a configuration device.
In this respect, the present description of the method provided for configuring the wall closure system relates only to those functional devices among a plurality of functional devices of a bus system which are configured using the method provided.
The different structural variants of the wall closure system can in particular be stored in a plurality of or in all functional devices configured using the method, and the functional devices in question can each carry out the method on their own independently of one another.
The functional devices in question each independently determine the structure of the wall closure system and independently select, from the multiplicity of predefined structural variants of the wall closure system, the structural variant of the wall closure system implemented by the structure determined in each case.
In addition, the functional devices in question then independently configure themselves according to the selected configuration, respectively.
In particular, device parameters such as a unique identifier and/or bus address, a device type and/or an assigned function of the individual functional devices connected to the bus system can be determined on the basis of the initialization data.
The initialization data of a subscriber can in particular contain and/or designate its unique identifier and/or its bus address and/or its device type and/or its assigned function or function designation.
For example, the initialization data sent by the individual functional devices can contain the identifier, the device type and the assigned function of the respective functional device.
The initialization data of one of the functional devices can be transmitted via the bus system in a single message or divided into several messages.
Each possible structural variant of the wall closure system can be assigned a unique device parameter set and the configuration of the wall closure system assigned to the structure can be determined by comparing the device parameters determined from the initialization data with the stored device parameter sets.
In a further development of the method, the structural variants of the wall closure system differ in the functional devices connected to the bus system and/or in the device functions assigned to the functional devices.
For example if the wall closure system includes two output units for controlling one drive each of the wall closure and a sensor strip for detecting people who are approaching the wall closure, a configuration as an automatic door opening system can be assigned to such a structure of the wall closure system, for example.
If the structure also includes a central door control system with an emergency opening function, a configuration as an escape door system can be assigned to this structure of the wall closure system.
The configuration of the wall closure system assigned to the structure can then be selected and determined depending on whether the central door control system is connected to the bus system or not.
The structural variants of the wall closure system can differ, even if they have the same type and number of functional devices connected to the bus system, solely on the basis of the functions assigned to the functional devices.
The device functions can, for example, establish which component of the wall closure the individual functional devices are assigned to.
In a functional device that controls a drive or a motorized locking unit, the device function assigned to the functional device can, for example, establish whether the functional device is assigned to an active leaf or a fixed leaf of the wall closure.
The functions can be assigned to the functional device at the beginning of the method provided, in particular in an automated manner.
In this respect, the method can include, as additional steps, an exchange of further initialization data between the functional devices via the bus system and a determining, from the further initialization data, of the functions assigned to the functional devices.
The further initialization data can, in particular, indicate the respective component of the wall closure to which each functional device sending initialization data is assigned, respectively.
In a further development of the method, the initialization data are transmitted via radio broadcast messages sent by the individual functional devices, the data then being evaluated by the other functional devices, respectively.
This makes it possible to transmit the initialization data to all of the functional devices connected to the bus system without knowing the structure of the wall closure system, in particular without knowing the recipient addresses of the individual functional devices.
The radio broadcast messages can also be referred to as “broadcast messages”. In a further development of the method, the configuring includes establishing logical data connections on the basis of which functional data are exchanged between the functional devices during the operation of the wall closure system.
Such a logical data connection links at least two functional devices with each other and establishes which functional data are exchanged between the linked functional devices during operation of the wall closure system and which functional device or functional devices act as transmitters and which functional devices or functional devices act as receivers of the individual functional data, respectively.
In particular, a logical data connection can establish which functional devices act as receivers of individual, predefined functional data.
In a further development of the method, the configuring includes establishing read-in commands for functional devices forming input units so that the reading in of input signals can be controlled, and/or establishing output commands for functional devices forming output units so that the outputting of output signals can be controlled.
The read-in commands establish which sensor signals are read in from the individual input units, respectively, and which functional data transmitted via the bus system are assigned to the individual sensor signals, or which functional data contain sensor data that are obtained from the sensor signals and represent the sensor signals.
Similarly, the output commands establish which output signals the individual output units output, respectively,
and which of the functional data the output signals are derived from, or which functional data contain output data that establish the output signals.
Overall, the selected configuration can be used to establish, among other things, the functional data that are made available to the individual functional devices.
In a further development of the method, the configuring includes establishing logic commands for logically linking the functional data in functional devices that form logic units.
The logic commands establish the reaction of the wall closure system or the individual functional devices to changes in status, for example the reaction to the actuation of a sensor, such as a switch.
The logic commands can in particular be stored as so-called applications in the individual functional devices.
The logic commands are each part of the control programs of the functional devices.
In addition to the functional data, the logic commands can also depend on the configuration parameters stored in the functional devices.
The logical linkings can in particular include logical operators such as AND, OR or NOT.
A logic command can, for example, establish that an actuator of a second functional device is activated after actuation of a sensor of a first functional device.
A further logic command can, for example, establish that the actuator of the second functional device is only activated when the sensor of the first functional device and the sensor of a further functional device are activated.
A further development of the method comprises: - Reading in at least one additional configuration parameter via a user interface of the wall closure system, - Adapting the selected configuration on the basis of the configuration parameter read in.
The configurations stored in the at least one functional device can each correspond to basic configurations that enable the wall closure system to be put into operation.
Using the additional configuration parameter, the behavior of the wall closure can then be adapted to the individual application.
The additional configuration parameter can, for example, replace one of the initial values of the configuration parameters of the selected configuration.
In a further development of the method, the determining of the structure of the wall closure system and the selection of the configuration of the wall closure system assigned to the determined structure are both carried out independently in the individual functional devices, the individual functional devices each independently configuring themselves in accordance with the selected configuration.
This enables the wall closure system to be configured automatically after the individual functional devices have been connected to the bus system.
The individual functional devices can each independently and on their own carry out individual or all steps of the method provided for configuring the wall closure system.
In a further development of the method, a first configuration and a second configuration are stored in the at least one functional device, a first structural variant assigned to the first configuration comprising a first functional device and a second functional device, and a second structural variant assigned to the second configuration comprising the first functional device, the second functional device and a third functional device.
In the first configuration, functional data provided by the first functional device are logically linked in the second functional device and in the second configuration, functional data provided by the first functional device are logically linked in the third functional device.
This enables the functional data of the first functional device to be logically linked flexibly either in the second functional device or in the third functional device, depending on the structure of the wall closure system.
The third functional device can, for example, be of a higher value than the second functional device and/or than the first functional device and, in addition to linking possibilities of the functional data provided by the second functional device, provide further, in particular more intensive linking possibilities.
In a further development of the method, the first functional device forms an input unit for a sensor of the wall closure system and the second functional device forms an output unit for an actuator of the wall closure system, in particular for a drive of the wall closure system.
The logical linking of the functional data of the first functional device can in particular be done in order to generate output data for controlling the actuator of the wall closure system connected to the second functional device.
According to the first configuration, the output data are then generated directly in the second functional device, whereas the output data in the second configuration are generated in the third functional device which is carried out separately from the second functional device.
In the latter case, the output data generated during the logical connection are then transmitted to the second functional device via the bus system.
In a further development of the method, the third functional device forms a central control unit of the wall closure system.
Usually, a central control unit provides a greater computing capacity than functional devices designed as input and/or output units.
A logical linking of the functional data provided by the first functional device in the second functional device according to the first configuration makes it possible for the second functional device to react particularly fast to changes in the functional data, whereas a logical link of the functional data provided in the central control unit according to the second configuration enables more extensive evaluation of the functional data.
In a further development of the method, only the second structural variant of the wall closure system comprises the third functional device.
Since both the first and the second configuration are stored in the functional devices, the wall closure system can be operated either with or without a third functional device without adapting the functional devices, for example with a central control unit or without a central control unit.
If the second functional device is the actuator, for example the drive for the wall closure, and if the first functional device is the sensor, in particular a switch for activating the actuator, in the first configuration, the logical linking or the evaluation of the sensor data provided by the sensor as functional data can occur directly in the actuator and, in the second configuration, can occur in the additional functional device connected to the bus system.
In a further development of the method, the bus system is designed as a serial bus system, in particular as a serial bus system according to the CAN bus standard.
In particular, the bus system can make it possible to transmit the functional data directly between the individual functional devices without the interposition of a central bus control device or without rerouting the functional data via the central bus control device.
In a further development of the method, the predefined structural variants of the wall closure system include a first structural variant and a second structural variant, and the wall closure system forms, in a first configuration assigned to the first structural variant, a safety-related, person-related wall closure system, in particular a fire protection system or a rescue route system, and in a second configuration assigned to the second structural variant, it forms a non-safety-related wall closure system related to a building, in particular an access control system or a door opening system.
The method for configuring the wall closure system thus makes it possible, in particular, to recognize a safety-related application and then configure the wall-locking system in accordance with the safety-related application.
In the case of safety-related applications, the stored configurations can each ensure that the automated system functions of the wall closure system in the various structural variants are each carried out in a standards- compliant manner in accordance with the relevant statutory standards, in particular in accordance with the relevant safety standards.
Safety-related system functions of a safety-related wall closure system can in particular be an automatic opening or closing of the wall closure in the event of a fire or after actuation of an emergency switch.
In a further development of the method, in the first configuration a first system function of the wall closure system is prioritized over a second system function of the wall closure system and in the second configuration the second system function of the wall closure system is prioritized over the first system function of the wall closure system.
In a further development of the method, the first system function causes the wall closure to move, in particular an opening or closing of the wall closure, and the second system function causes collision avoidance when the wall closure is moved.
In particular in the case of a wall closure system which, as a drive system, causes the wall closure to be opened or closed automatically, in the case of a safety-related wall closure system, opening or closing the wall closure to protect the people in the building is more important than preventing injuries to individuals located at the wall closure.
A further development of the method comprises at least one of the functional devices, after determining the structure of the wall closure system, sending a number of signals that corresponds to a total number of functional devices that are present in the determined structure of the wall closure system.
This makes it possible to check whether all functional devices connected to the bus system have been recognized and consequently whether the configuration has been selected correctly.
Further provided is a wall closure system for a wall closure, in particular for a door or a window, the system having the features of claim 17. The invention is explained below with the aid of the figures.
Shown therein in a schematic illustration are: Figure 1 a wall closure complex with a first structural variant of a wall closure system; Figure 2 a functional device of the wall closure system; Figure 3 a method for configuring the wall closure system; Figure 4 a second structural variant of the wall closure system; Figure 5 a parameter database stored in the functional device, including the configuration of the second structural variant of the wall closure system; Figure 6 a third structural variant of the wall closure system; Figure 7 a fourth structural variant of the wall closure system.
Figure 1 shows an example of a wall closure system 1 which is designed as a door complex and comprises a wall closure 10 designed as a double-leaf door.
The wall closure complex 1 comprises a wall closure system 20 designed as a door system for carrying out automated functions of the wall closure 10. The wall closure system 20 comprises a bus system 22 as well as a multiplicity of functional devices 30 connected to the bus system 22. The functional devices 30 are designed as a drive unit 50 arranged on an active leaf 12 of the wall closure 10, a further drive unit 52 arranged on a fixed leaf 14 of the wall closure 10, a central device 54 with an integrated emergency-open button, a movement sensor unit 56 arranged above the wall closure 10, an activation sensor unit 57 arranged next to the wall closure 10, a motorized lock unit 58, a program switch unit 60, an unlocking unit
62 arranged on the fixed leaf 14 and a further unlocking unit 63 arranged on the active leaf 12. There is also a user interface 24 connected to the wall closure system 20, the interface being in the form of a programming device.
Drives for the automated movement of the leafs 12,14 of the wall closure 10 are each connected to their respective drive units 50, 52. The movement sensor unit 56 comprises a movement sensor for detecting objects which are approaching the wall closure 10, for example an infrared sensor or a radar sensor.
The activation sensor unit 57 includes a switch for triggering an automated opening of the leafs 12, 14 of the wall closure 10. A motorized lock for automatically locking the wall closure 10 is connected to the motorized lock unit 58. The program switch unit 60 comprises a program switch for selecting various control programs of the wall closure system 20, the control programs for example including a night mode in which the wall closure 10 is locked and a day mode in which the wall closure 10 is unlocked.
The unlocking units 62, 63 are arranged on the leafs 12,14 of the wall closure 10 and enable the wall closure 10 to be unlocked.
The unlocking units 62, 63 are designed as mechanical unlocking units, each of which includes an unlocking process sensor for recognizing an unlocking process and for sending functional data indicating the unlocking process via the bus system 22. The movement sensor unit 56, the activation sensor unit 57 and the program switch unit 60 each represent input units of the wall closure system 20, and the drive units 50, 52 and the motorized lock unit 58 each represent output units of the wall closure system 20. All functional devices 30, in particular the central device 54, comprise a logic unit for logically linking input data generated by the input units and transmitted via the bus system 22, and for generating output data for controlling the actuators connected to the output units.
The central device 54 functions as a central control unit of the wall closure system for controlling a cross-device system function.
The central device 54 also represents an input unit for reading in a switching state of the emergency-open button arranged on the central device 54. The device described here as a central device 54 is not mandatory and is as such only defined by way of example.
If there is not already automatically a central device present, a variable device will define itself as a central device.
As shown schematically in Figure 2, the functional devices 30 are each connected to the bus system 22 via a connection unit 34. The connection unit 34 enables communication via the bus system 22 in accordance with the communication protocol used.
A processing unit 32 is connected to the connection unit 34, the processing unit reading in sensor signals from a sensor 46 on the basis of stored read-in commands, and converting them into sensor data for transmission via the bus system 22 in the case of a functional device designed as an input unit or, in the case of a functional device 30 designed as an output unit, the processing unit generates output signals for controlling an actuator 45 on the basis of stored output commands and based on the actuator data transmitted to the bus system 22. The processing unit 32 can also be designed to logically link functional data, in particular sensor data, using stored logic commands of a control program, and to output actuator data, which is generated in the process, via the bus system 22 or directly to the actuator 45 connected to the functional device 30. Furthermore, the functional devices 30 each include a memory unit 36 in which possible configurations 40, 41 of the wall closure system 20, for example a configuration 40 and a further configuration 41, are stored.
In particular, possible device configurations of the relevant functional devices 30 are stored in the memory units 36 of the individual functional devices 30. The configurations 40, 41 are assigned to different structural variants of the wall closure system 20 and are selected by the functional devices 30 on the basis of a structure of the wall closure system 20 which the functional devices 30 determine from initialization data transmitted via the bus system 22. Shown in Figure 3 is a method 100 for configuring the wall closure system 20, the method being carried out in the individual functional devices 30 when configuring the wall closure system 20. The method 100 can be carried out after an initialization of the bus subscribers and, if necessary, after an assignment of unique parameter values of the functional devices 30 that characterize the structure of the wall closure system.
The method 100 first of all comprises determining 105 the structure of the wall closure system 20 on the basis of initialization data exchanged between the functional devices 30 via the bus system 22. The individual functional devices 30 send out 107 initialization messages comprising the initialization data, and the other functional devices 30 receive 109 the initialization messages.
The individual functional devices 30 recognize the number, device type and function of the remaining functional devices 30 connected to the bus system 22 on the basis of the received initialization messages and the initialization data contained therein.
Then, a configuration 40, 41 of the wall closure system 20 assigned to the determined structure of the wall closure system 20 is selected 110 by the individual functional devices 30 and the functional devices 30 are configured 120 on the basis of the selected configuration 40, 41 of the wall closure system 20. Configuring 120 includes, in particular, establishing 122 data connections in the functional devices 30, establishing 123 read-in commands for reading in sensor data into functional devices 30 acting as input units,
establishing 124 output commands for outputting actuator data to functional devices 30 acting as output units and establishing 125 logic commands for linking the sensor data and for generating the actuator data in functional devices 30 acting as logic units.
The method 100 further includes sending out 130 a number of signals by the individual functional devices 30, the number of signals sent out corresponding to a total number of functional devices 30 determined by the respective functional device 30 on the bus system 22. The signals can for example be sent out as light signals using a light provided on the individual functional devices 30. In the case of functional devices 30 designed as output units, the signals can also be sent out as individual movement impulses of the connected actuators.
After the automatic configuring 120 according to the configuration 40, 41 assigned to the determined structure of the wall closure system 20, a user-controlled adaptation of the selected configuration 40, 41 may take place.
For this purpose, the method comprises reading in 140 one or more additional configuration parameters via the user interface 24 and adapting 145 the automated configuration on the basis of the configuration parameters that have been read in.
The method 100 enables the individual functional devices 30 of the wall closure system to each be configured in an automated manner depending on the structural variant of the wall closure system 20 implemented.
Here, a second structural variant of the wall closure system 20 shown in Figure 4 can comprise only some of the functional devices of the first structural variant of the wall closure system 20 shown in Figure 1. In the second structural variant, the wall closure system 20 is structured without the user interface 24, the movement sensor unit 56 and the further unlocking unit 63. Using the initialization data transmitted in the initialization messages, the individual functional devices 30 each receive sufficient information to clearly determine the structural variant implemented by the wall closure system 20. Figure 5 shows the initialization data of the configuration 40 to which the second structural variant of the wall closure system 20 shown in Figure 4 corresponds.
After the exchange of the initialization data, an identifier 70, a device type 72 and a function designation 74 of the individual functional devices 30 connected to the bus system 22 are present in all of the functional devices 30. The identifier 70 allows the individual functional devices 30 to be uniquely identified and can form an address, in particular a sender address, of the functional devices 30. If the data is transmitted via the bus system 22 in accordance with the CAN bus protocol, the identifier 70 can in particular represent an ID of the functional devices 30. The function designation 74 indicates a respective function which the individual functional devices 30 in the wall closure system 20 carry out.
In the case of functional devices 30 that are only present once in the implemented structural variant of the wall closure system 20, the function is already clearly established by the device type 72. In the case of functional devices 30 that are present multiple times, such as the drive units 50, 52 or the unlocking units 62, 63, the function is only uniquely defined via the function designation 74. In these latter cases, the function designation 74 indicates whether the functional device 30 in question is assigned to the active leaf 12 (GF) or the fixed leaf 14 (SF) of the wall closure 10; in all other cases, the function designation 74 simply identifies the function as being unique (E). The configuration assigned to the recognized structural variant of the wall closure system is stored in a parameter database of the individual functional devices 30, the configuration being defined by Figure 5. The configuration 40, shown in Figure 5, which is assigned to the second structural variant of the wall closure system 20 shown in Figure 4, has one entry each for all functional devices 30 that can basically be automatically configured and that can be connected to the bus system 22, as are shown in Figure 1. The individual entries each include the identifier 70, the device type 72, the function designation 74, and a presence parameter 76 which indicates whether the functional device 30 in question is connected to the bus system 22 or not.
The function designation 74 can assume the values GF, SF or E, with the value GF indicating an assignment of the relevant functional device 30 to the active leaf 12 of the wall closure 10, and the value SF indicating an assignment of the relevant functional device 30 to the fixed leaf 14 of the wall closure 10. The value E indicates that the function of the relevant functional device 30 is already unique from the device type 72 of the functional device 30. Specifically, the configuration 40 shown in Figure 5 includes entries for the drive unit 50, for the further drive unit 52, for the movement sensor unit 56 not present in the second structural variant, for the activation sensor unit 57, for the program switch unit 60, for the central device 54, for the motorized lock unit 58, for the unlocking unit 62 arranged on the fixed leaf 14 and the further unlocking unit 64 which is not present in the second structural variant and can be arranged on the active leaf 12. In the second structural variant of the wall closure system 20 according to Figures 4 and 5, the input data generated by the input units is logically linked, and the output data determined for the output units, the output data being necessary for implementing a cross-
device system function, in particular an escape door function, is generated in the logic unit of the central device 54. Figure 6 shows a third structural variant of the wall closure system 20 which only comprises the drive unit 50 and the activation sensor unit 57 connected to the drive unit 50 via the bus system 22. Figure 7 shows a fourth structural variant of the wall closure system 20, which, apart from the central device 54, includes all functional devices 30 of the second structural variant, which are also shown in Figure 4. In contrast to the second structural variant of the wall closure system 20, in the structural variants shown in Figures 6 and 7 the logical linking of the input data and the generation of the output data for the cross-device system function does not take place in a central device, but directly in the drive unit 50 and/or the further drive unit 52. In particular, the drive units 50, 52 are configured in such a way that the drives of the drive units 50, 52 automatically and in coordinated fashion open the wall closure 10 after the button of the activation sensor unit 57 has been pressed.
When configuring the individual functional devices 30, it is established in particular which functional data received by the functional device 30 via the bus system 22 are evaluated and how the functional data are used in an application program running on the relevant functional device 30, in particular the variables of the application program onto which the individual functional data are mapped.
The configuration of the individual functional devices 30 can also include selecting the application programs to be carried out on the functional devices 30.
List of reference signs 1 Wall closure complex Wall closure 12 Active leaf 14 Fixed leaf Wall closure system 22 Bus system 24 User interface Functional device 32 Processing unit 34 Connection unit 36 Memory unit Stored configuration with data
41 Further stored configuration Actuator 46 Sensor Drive unit 52 Further drive unit 54 Central device 56 Movement sensor unit 57 Activation sensor unit 58 Motorized lock unit 60 Program switch unit 62 Unlocking unit 63 Further unlocking unit 70 Identifier 72 Device type 74 Function designation 76 Presence parameter 100 — Method 105 Determination of a structure 107 — Sending out an initialization message 109 Receiving initialization messages 110 Selecting a configuration assigned to the structure 120 — Configuring 122 Establishing data connections 123 Establishing read-in commands 124 Establishing output commands 125 Establishing logic commands 130 — Sending outa number of signals 140 Reading in an additional configuration parameter 145 — Adapting the configuration