Patent ID: 8185857

Claim:
A signal conversion facility, comprising: a programmable logic circuit to which a plurality of binary input signals are supplied from outside the signal conversion facility, wherein the programmable logic circuit is programmed so that binary output signals based on a plurality of logic functions are determined, the output signals being emitted to the outside by the signal conversion facility, wherein the logic functions are configured so that the output signals are defined exclusively by logical linking of the input signals, wherein some of the emitted output signals are emitted to drives, wherein, for at least two drives, output signals to be emitted to the two drives are determined jointly, wherein the signal conversion facility is configured as a separate module, wherein the signal conversion facility has a first drive interface which is connected to a control facility for the drives and a second interface, wherein the output signals emitted to the drives and the input signals supplied by the drives are transmitted by way of the first drive interface, and wherein further input signals and output signals are transmitted by way of the second interface and the second interface has inputs and outputs, which are configured as single connections.