摘要 |
Disclosed is a system for installing withdrawable units ( 11 ) into switchgears. Said withdrawable units ( 11 ) are installed on certain levels ( 12, 14, 16, 18 ) of switchgear cabinets ( 10 ), communicate via a fieldbus, and are unambiguously identified via a unit address while basic data required for operating the unit is contained in a memory of the withdrawable unit. Each switchgear cabinet ( 10 ) is provided with at least one Ethernet switch ( 20 ) with which at least the withdrawable units communicate. An application server ( 30 ) managing at least the TCP/IP address allocation as well as a database ( 40 ) in which at least the unit data of at least the withdrawable units ( 11 ) is at least stored and/or managed are also part of the system. Further disclosed is a method for installing withdrawable units ( 11 ) into switchgears, said withdrawable units ( 11 ) being installed on certain levels ( 12, 13, 16, 18 ) of a switchgear cabinet ( 10 ), communicating via a fieldbus, being unambiguously identifiable via a unit address, and containing, in a memory, basic data required for operating the unit. Communication via the fieldbus is based on Ethernet TCP/IP technology, the unit addresses of the withdrawable units ( 11 ) are automatically assigned thereto and managed by an application server ( 30 ) which is integrated into the Ethernet network, and at least the basic data for each withdrawable unit ( 11 ) is automatically downloaded from a database ( 40 ) into the withdrawable unit ( 11 ).
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