Monitor system having list of items with fixed time slices for transmitting timing signals at the end of a communication between master processor and slave processors
US5287520A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 3, 1989 |
| Grant date | Feb 15, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 3, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q9/14
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system for measuring a plurality of parameters comprises a master processor and a multiplicity of slave processors. The master processor operates in time slices of 2 ms. Communication with the slave processors is performed in fixed format. The master processor manages the communications in certain time slices according to a matrix wherein each item or column represents a certain time slice. The items or columns in this matrix are organized such that the communications with those slave processors preceding the communication with a specific slave processor are the same as in all other items or columns containing a communication with said specific slave processor. In particular, the slave processors requiring short-intervallic timing signals are entered on top of the items or columns, whereas slave processors with longer-intervallic timing signals are entered below these. This system and the method of communication are particularly useful in a configurable medical monitoring system.
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