Patent ID: 9722409
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H01H,H02H,H02J,Y02B,Y04S

Claim:
1. A selectivity module for dividing a load current in an installation system, comprising: a housing; a plurality of branches in the housing of the selectivity module; a plurality of switching devices; and a control unit, wherein each of the plurality of switching devices in the housing of the selectivity module is configured to switch a branch current on and off in a corresponding one of the plurality of branches; wherein the plurality of switching devices serve to output information about corresponding switching states; wherein the control unit is directly connected to each of the plurality of switching devices and is configured to output a status signal via status lines as a function of the output information from the plurality of switching devices in the housing of the selectivity module; and wherein the output information relating to the individual switching states of all of the plurality of switching devices in the housing of the selectivity module is contained in the status signal in a serial encoded form.