US 11,789,433 B2
Systems and methods for coordinating insertion and/or removal of redundant input/output (I/O) components
Alex W. Stephens, Painesville, OH (US); and Joshua B. Boroff, Lyndhurst, OH (US)
Assigned to Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US)
Filed by ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Mayfield Heights, OH (US)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/522,669.
Prior Publication US 2023/0141240 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. G05B 19/418 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/41865 (2013.01) [G05B 19/4183 (2013.01); G05B 19/41835 (2013.01); G05B 19/41885 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An input/output (I/O) system of an industrial automation system, comprising:
a terminal block comprising a plurality of terminals configured to couple to respective I/O components;
a first I/O component removably coupled to a set of terminals of the plurality of terminals; and
a second I/O component removably coupled to the set of terminals of the plurality of terminals, wherein the first I/O component and the second I/O component are configured to operate in a duplex mode of operation;
wherein the first I/O component is configured to perform a first set of operations, comprising:
receiving a signal indicative of an unlocking of the first I/O component from the terminal block;
generating a schedule for disengaging the first I/O component from the terminal block;
transmitting the schedule to the second I/O component; and
disengaging from the set of terminals based on the schedule; and
wherein the second I/O component is configured to perform a second set of operations, comprising:
receiving the schedule from the first I/O component; and
reconfiguring the second I/O component to operate in a single duplex (“suplex”) mode of operation.