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Communication control system and communication control method

US7873871B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 26, 2007
Grant dateJan 18, 2011
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Expiry dateFeb 9, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B23/0262
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A programmable electronic controller in which one central arithmetic processing unit and a plurality of input devices and output devices are connected by means of a parallel bus, the controller being basically configured to activate a self-diagnostic function and a diagnostic test of the input devices and the output devices with an instruction from a microprocessor of the central arithmetic processing unit; and to judge the result with the microprocessor of the central arithmetic processing unit, by using the microprocessor installed in the central arithmetic processing unit also as a processor for tests (diagnostic tests) of the self-diagnostic function of the input devices and output devices and conducting tests of the self-diagnostic function of the plurality of input devices and output devices with the central arithmetic processing unit.

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