Abstract: A transport system, in particular a multi-carrier system, comprises a plurality of linear motors, which are arranged in a row and have at least one guide rail that defines a path, and at least one transport element that can be moved by the linear motors in a first direction along the path. The guide rail has a guide structure, which cooperates with the transport element, for guiding the movement of the transport element in the first direction and for absorbing forces acting on the transport element transversely to the first direction. The guide structure is at least partly interrupted at at least one transfer point along the path so that a movement of the transport element is enabled in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and the transport element can be moved by the guide rail and/or the linear motors for a transfer from the path to a secondary path or to a placement rail in the second direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of assigning addresses to bus participants connected to a data bus, in which the bus participants are electrically and in particular also mechanically coupled to a respective base plate, with the base plates each comprising an electrical test element; the base plates are electrically connected along a row to adjacent base plates in each case, with the base plates forming a test circuit in which the test elements are preferably connected in series; a central unit is connected to the test circuit; a test current is impressed into the test circuit; at least one bus participant, in particular a bus participant without a bus address, makes a change to the test circuit; the change of the test circuit is measured by means of the central unit; and based on the change of the test circuit, a position of the bus participant making the change or of the bus participant without a bus address is determined and a bus address is assigned to the bus participant making the change or to the b

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of assigning addresses to bus participants connected to a data bus, in which the bus participants are electrically and in particular also mechanically coupled to a respective base plate, with the base plates each comprising an electrical test element; the base plates are electrically connected along a row to adjacent base plates in each case, with the base plates forming a test circuit in which the test elements are preferably connected in series; a central unit is connected to the test circuit; a test current is impressed into the test circuit; at least one bus participant, in particular a bus participant without a bus address, makes a change to the test circuit; the change of the test circuit is measured by means of the central unit; and based on the change of the test circuit, a position of the bus participant making the change or of the bus participant without a bus address is determined and a bus address is assigned to the bus participant making the change or to the b