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Method for addressing processor units

US5262771A · kind A · utility

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14Claims

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Assignees

U.S. Philips Corporation · US
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Karl Herrmann · Lenzkirch, DE
Wilfried Hecht · Pegnitz, DE
Erhard Steiner · Eichenau, DE
Ferdinand Narjes · Munich, DE
Guenter Weimert · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 10, 1992
Grant date	Nov 16, 1993
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 10, 2012

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04B17/406
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a method for addressing processor units of an equipment for monitoring and/or controlling, whereby a polling unit and processor units (6) provided with addresses exchange information, the processor units (6) are automatically addressed with the assistance of addressing telegrams in that an address contained in the addressing telegram is respectively incremented. The method can be advantageously used in equipment for in-service monitoring of equipment of communication transmission technology.

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