Digital input/output system and method
US4162536A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 30, 1978 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 30, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/15026
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A parallel process controller capable of expandable, parallel operating multi-function control of processes. The process controller comprises programmable command memory modules, data memory modules, an input/output system, a programming panel, and a high speed data bus (N-bus). The input/output system comprises input/output channels for intercommunication between the process controller and the external world. This intercommunication is repetitively updated for each input/output channel in an error-free manner that operates autonomously with respect to the remainder of the process controller. Each input/output channel incorporates a first dedicated area of a dedicated data memory module in which information is read and a second dedicated area of the data memory module in which information is written. The information read from the first dedicated area is transferred to external devices via a local modem-remote modem combination. Likewise, data written into the second dedicated area of the dedicated data memory module is transferred from the external device via the same remote modem-local modem combination.
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