1. A rotary selector forming a control element for inputting a setting value to an electronic control system, comprising:
a rotatably mounted control portion and an adapter rotationally fixed to said control portion and disposed to assume rotary positions to be detected and transmitted to the electronic control system;
said adapter having a latching section with a given number of side faces formed and arranged uniformly in a circumferential direction, said side faces being substantially flat;
a stationary spring element coaxially disposed with said latching section of said adapter, said spring element having a given number of elastic legs formed and arranged uniformly in the circumferential direction of said latching section and extending tangentially relative to said side faces of said latching section; and
the given number of said side faces of said latching section being an integral multiple of the given number of said elastic legs of said spring element.
2. The rotary selector according to claim 1, wherein said spring element is made of a plastic material.
3. The rotary selector according to claim 2, wherein said spring element is formed integrally with a housing of the electronic control system.
4. The rotary selector according to claim 1, wherein the given number of said elastic legs of said spring element is three, four, or five.
5. The rotary selector according to claim 1, which comprises a connecting ring formed integrally with said elastic legs and disposed to interconnect said elastic legs of said spring element.
6. The rotary selector according to claim 1, wherein said elastic legs of said spring element are respectively supported at both sides at their two ends.
7. The rotary selector according to claim 1, which comprises a sensor disposed to detect the rotary positions of said adapter.
8. The rotary selector according to claim 1, wherein a rotation of said adapter can be transmitted to a setting drive of the electronic control system.
9. The rotary selector according to claim 8, wherein said adapter is formed with a gear, and said spring element is provided with a mounting location for a transmission of the setting drive of the electronic control system, wherein the transmission is in engagement with the gear of said adapter.
10. The rotary selector according to claim 1, which comprises a plate insert associated with said control portion of said rotary selector and disposed coaxially with respect to said control portion as an information carrier.
11. The rotary selector according to claim 1, wherein said control portion and said adapter of said rotary selector are shaped as a hollow cylinder, and wherein a push button is disposed in the hollow cylinder of the rotary selector forming a control element for inputting a further setting value to the electronic control system.
12. In a control device of an electronic domestic appliance, the rotary selector according to claim 1.
13. A rotary selector forming a control element for inputting a setting value to an electronic control system, comprising:
a rotatably mounted control portion and an adapter rotationally fixed to said control portion and disposed to assume rotary positions to be detected and transmitted to the electronic control system;
said adapter having a latching section with a given number of side faces formed and arranged uniformly in a circumferential direction;
a stationary spring element coaxially disposed with said latching section of said adapter, said spring element having a given number of elastic legs formed and arranged uniformly in the circumferential direction of said latching section and extending tangentially relative to said side faces of said latching section, said elastic legs being substantially straight, and said elastic legs coming into surface contact with said side faces in a latched position of said control portion.
14. The rotary selector according to claim 13, wherein the given number of said side faces of said latching section being an integral multiple of the given number of said elastic legs of said spring element.
15. A rotary selector forming a control element for inputting a setting value to an electronic control system, comprising:
a rotatably mounted control portion and an adapter rotationally fixed to said control portion and disposed to assume rotary positions to be detected and transmitted to the electronic control system;
said adapter having a latching section with a given number of side faces formed and arranged uniformly in a circumferential direction, said side faces being substantially flat; and
a stationary spring element coaxially disposed with said latching section of said adapter, said spring element having a given number of elastic legs formed and arranged uniformly in the circumferential direction of said latching section and extending tangentially relative to said side faces of said latching section.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for networking, the method comprising:
performing by a network device communicatively coupled to one or more link partners via an Ethernet link:
communicating information pertaining to training of said one or more link partners via said Ethernet link, wherein:
said information pertaining to training is communicated via a channel on said Ethernet link, said channel being reserved for said communicating of said information pertaining to training; and
said information pertaining to training is communicated concurrently with data communications over said Ethernet link.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said reserved channel is an auxiliary channel as provided for in the IEEE802.1AN standard.
3. The method according to claim 1, comprising scheduling training of said one or more link partners based on said communicated information.
4. The method according to claim 1, comprising determining which of said one or more link partners require training based on said communicated information.
5. The method according to claim 1, comprising synchronizing training of said one or more link partners based on said communicated information.
6. The method according to claim 1, comprising verifying andor updating parameters in said one or more link partners, wherein said verifying andor updating is performed via said communicated information based on changes in environmental conditions.
7. The method according to claim 1, comprising configuring an echo canceller in said one or more link partners based on said communicated information.
8. The method according to claim 1, comprising configuring a far-end crosstalk canceller in said one or more link partners based on said communicated information.
9. The method according to claim 1, comprising configuring a near-end crosstalk canceller in said one or more link partners based on said communicated information.
10. A machine-readable storage having stored thereon, a computer program having at least one code section for networking, the at least one code section being executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform steps comprising:
performing by a network device communicatively coupled to one or more link partners via an Ethernet link:
communicating information pertaining to training of said one or more link partners via to said Ethernet link, wherein:
said information pertaining to training is communicated via a channel on said Ethernet link, said channel being reserved for said communicating of said information pertaining to training; and
said information pertaining to training is communicated concurrently with data communications over said Ethernet link.
11. The machine-readable storage according to claim 10, wherein said reserved channel is an auxiliary channel as provided for in the IEEE802.1AN standard.
12. The machine-readable storage according to claim 10, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for scheduling training of said one or more link partners based on said communicated information.
13. The machine-readable storage according to claim 10, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for determining which of said one or more link partners require training based on said communicated information.
14. The machine-readable storage according to claim 10, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for synchronizing training of said one or more link partners based on said communicated information.
15. The machine-readable storage according to claim 10, wherein:
said at least one code section comprises code for verifying andor updating parameters in said one or more link partners; and
said verifying andor updating is performed via said communicated information based on changes in environmental conditions.
16. The machine-readable storage according to claim 10, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for configuring an echo canceller in said one or more link partners based on said communicated information.
17. The machine-readable storage according to claim 10, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for configuring a far-end crosstalk canceller in said one or more link partners based on said communicated information.
18. The machine-readable storage according to claim 10, wherein said at least one code section comprises code for configuring a near-end crosstalk canceller in said one or more link partners based on said communicated information.
19. A system for networking, the system comprising:
one or more circuits in a network device communicatively coupled to one or more link partners via an Ethernet link wherein:
said one or more circuits are operable to communicate information pertaining to training of said one or more link partners via said Ethernet link:
said information pertaining to training is communicated via a channel on said Ethernet link, said channel being reserved for said communicating of said information pertaining to training; and
said information pertaining to training is communicated concurrently with data communications over said Ethernet link.
20. The method according to claim 19, wherein said reserved channel is an auxiliary channel as provided for in the IEEE802.1AN standard.
21. The method according to claim 19, wherein said one or more circuits are operable to schedule training of said one or more link partners based on said communicated information.
22. The method according to claim 19, wherein said one or more circuits are operable to determine which of said one or more link partners require training based on said communicated information.
23. The method according to claim 19, wherein said one or more circuits are operable to synchronize training of said one or more link partners based on said communicated information.
24. The method according to claim 19, wherein:
said one or more circuits are operable to update andor verify parameters in said one or more link partners; and
said verification andor updating is performed via said communicated information based on changes in environmental conditions.
25. The method according to claim 19, wherein said one or more circuits are operable to configure an echo canceller in said one or more link partners based on said communicated information.
26. The method according to claim 19, wherein said one or more circuits are operable to configure a far-end crosstalk canceller in said one or more link partners based on said communicated information.
27. The method according to claim 19, wherein said one or more circuits are operable to configure a near-end crosstalk canceller in said one or more link partners based on said communicated information.