Patent ID: 9632967
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for controlling a door drive comprising: utilizing a door drive control system comprising a plurality of components, communicatively connected to one another over a digital bus system, the bus system having a bus master and a bus protocol, wherein at least one component of the plurality of components is a safety component, the bus master controls communication over the data bus system, and at least one component of the plurality of the plurality of components is a receiving component; reserving, via the bus protocol a cyclic safety phase for reporting a safety relevant event; detecting the safety relevant event with the at least one safety component; the safety component commencing a data transmission during the safety phase without a prior prompt by any other bus component of the plurality of components; the at least one receiving component receiving the data transmission; and the at least one receiving component recognizing any data transmission over the bus system during the safety phase as a report of the safety relevant event; the bus master being adapted to evaluate the safety-relevant event, and to determine whether to deactivate the door drive; wherein the at least one safety component transmits a safety telegram during the safety phase, comprising sender information, the sender information comprising information with respect to a device type of the transmitting safety component, after occurrence of the safety-relevant event.