Abstract: Operating method for a valve system, computer program product, controller, valve actuator, valve system and simulation program product, where a valve is moveable between first and second end positions, the valve system is initially made available in an active operating state, the first end position of the valve is approached by actuating the valve actuator and the first end position is detected as a first absolute position of an actuating shaft and, alternatively or additionally, the second end position of the valve is approached by actuating the valve actuator and the second end position is detected as a second absolute position of the actuating shaft, a design of the valve is identified via the first and/or second absolute position of the actuating shaft by an algorithm, and the identified design of the valve is transmitted by the valve actuating apparatus to a controller and/or is parameterized via the identified design.

Abstract: A method of checking the operability of an actuator is provided. The actuator includes a control valve adjustable via an actuating drive by an actuating element, a position sensor detecting the actual position of the actuating element, and an electropneumatic position controller creating a pneumatic controlled variable depending on an actual position and a target position. The target position is provided to the actuating drive via an activated magnetic valve. The actuating element is moved over a section of an adjustment path for an execution of a partial-stroke test of the actuating element, the adjustment movement being detected. The magnetic valve is deactivated for a short time such that the actuating element is moved over only a section of the adjustment path. To facilitate the monitoring of the operability of the actuator, the partial-stroke test and the test of the magnetic valve are performed in a single test sequence.

Abstract: In a method for measuring the distance and the velocity of objects employing electromagnetic waves, the frequency of an emitted signal is modulated. The signals received during one rise and one drop in the frequency of the emitted signal are mixed with the emitted signal. The intermediate-frequency signals resulting from the mixing are then spectrally analyzed. The distance and the velocity of at least one object are calculated from the frequency of the spectral lines of the intermediate-frequency signals during at least one rise and at least one drop in the frequency of the emitted signal.

Abstract: It has been proposed in accordance with the invention to determine the linearity of the modulated oscillator frequency of an FMCW radar by means of the Hilbert transformation and to supply a control voltage, corresponding to the deviation, to the controllable oscillator via a digital/analog converter. A control and computing unit is used to determine the linearity of the modulated oscillator frequency.

Abstract: In a filling-level indicator (12), especially for fuel tanks (10) of motor vehicles, flexural waves of the frequency (f) are fed into a sound conductor (11) via a transmitter (13). For the temperature compensation of the zero point of the filling-level indicator (12), the temperature coefficient of the modulus of elasticity (TKE) of the material of the sound conductor (11) will be at least of the order of magnitude of the negative amount of the temperature coefficient of the longitudinal extension (TKL). Furthermore, it has been shown to be especially advantageous to feed the flexural waves at a frequency f.sub.opt .apprxeq.50 kHzmm/d, (d) being the thickness of the sound conductor (11). A temperature compensation of the measuring sensitivity of the sound conductor is possible as a result of this measure. The filling-level indicator thereby supplies relatively accurate measurement values and is virtually independent of temperature influences within a wide temperature range.