Patent ID: 6976317

Claim:
A measuring system, comprising: a scale including at least two segments identically created for the generation of absolute values, each of said at least two segments having at least one track, said at least one track including a measurement track for generating a first absolute value of a position within said segments and at least one suitable track being at least one part of said at least one track for determining a second absolute value of the particular segment reached; a sensor configuration for measuring and recording the absolute values of each of said segments reached; an evaluation unit connected to said sensor configuration and providing a total absolute value for further processing, said total absolute value consisting of the first absolute value of the position within said segments and the second absolute value of the particular segment reached; a power supply supplying a main voltage and an auxiliary voltage; and a switch configuration having switches connected to said power supply and switching through the auxiliary voltage when the main voltage fails in an auxiliary power mode and said sensor configuration being only used in the auxiliary power mode to determine an absolute value of the particular segment reached.