Method and apparatus for interconnecting modules

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7917675
APP PUB NO 20090198348A1
SERIAL NO

12361603

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An industrial process control apparatus and method that includes a number of processors and a number of input/output modules. Each processor is connected to a plurality of the input/output modules by a unidirectional command line. Each input/output module is connected to a plurality of the processors by a unidirectional response line. The processors are arranged to issue an identifier request to all of the connected input/output modules and each input/output module is arranged to respond to the identifier request via the respective response line with a response that includes a unique identifier. Such a configuration allows each processor to identify the physical location of each respective input/output module.

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  • ICS TRIPLEX (EMEA) PLC;ROCKWELL AUTOMATION LIMITED;ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Agar, Philip John Danbury, GB 1 10
Creech, Gerald Robert Danbury, GB 4 25
Jones, Ian David Wynne West Mersea, GB 1 10
Meagher, Thomas Bruce Houston, US 14 49
Murphy, Kenneth John Henderson, US 4 16

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