Dynamic address assignments to serially connected devices
US5680113A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 24, 1995 |
| Grant date | Oct 21, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 24, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L61/5046
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Dynamic address assignment and reconfiguration of serially connected addressable device components of a network system using interchangeable cables terminated by plugs. Successive pairs of the devices are coupled with identical cables having the same offset cross-connected wiring between the terminating plugs, but which establish a unique address for the device to which connected depending on the position of the device in a chain of connected devices without requiring changes to the devices per se, e.g., jumpers or switches. The bus structure requires only a single port per device and removal, failure, or replacement of a device does not affect nor impair the proper operation of the other devices.
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