Abstract: The invention relates to the location-based adaptation of an intelligent unit. One object of the invention is to indicate a way in which, particularly in the case of network-compatible intelligent units, the intelligent units can be configured on the basis of the respective application and/or the respective installation location in order to ensure reliable, secure and thus simple association, essentially without any further steps. For adaptation of an intelligent unit, the invention provides that a configuration device (21, 22, 24, 25) can be associated with a defined application and/or a defined location and have the capability to store application-based and/or location-based configuration data and/or behavior description data, such that data can be transmitted from the configuration device (21, 22, 24, 25) to a logic device for processing of data for configuration of the intelligent unit (11, 12, 13, 14, 15).

Abstract: To provide a compact monitoring unit for substrate webs passing through a printing machine, typically paper webs, and thereby provide rapid response of damage control units, such as paper capturing rollers, small tears, fissures or holes in the substrate webs are sensed by locating an elongated light source (12) below the web, the light source extending beyond the lateral sides of the web to be supervised; an optical scanner (2) formed of a plurality of light guides (4) within a plastic block (5a) provides signals representative of light shining through damaged areas, and on the side of the web. The light guides then are bundled or compressed in a bundling or compression element (6), and the outputs thereof are applied to a charge coupled device sensor chip (7), directly, without intervention of optical systems, the charge coupled device being in turn connected to an evaluation and control unit which can provide "damaged web" signals to the damage control unit itself through a suitable output coupling.