General Electric Company

Jonathan A Wolf

Lisa E Rosner

Veronica Kertesz

Karl D Pedersen

Karanam Rajaiah

Mark Fredrick Culler

Joseph E Krisciunas

A communication bus containing master and slave devices includes a monitor unit for fault tolerant communications. In the event the master is unable to communicate, the monitor automatically assumes the master communication role. When more than one monitor is connected within the communications network, the monitor with the lowest communications address assumes the master communications role. The master includes software implementation that allows an operator to obtain data from any of the slave devices via the monitor.

Fault tolerant communication monitor for a master/slave system

An interface monitor is connected with a LAN that is formatted with an RS-485 protocol and which is interconnected with a plurality of electrical distribution devices. The monitor includes a socket connection for receiving an RS-232 plug from a PC and software logic for interpreting between the RS-232 and RS-485 formats. The PC is enabled for communicating with each one of the electrical distribution devices.

Interface monitor for communicating between different communication

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Cambridge, MA, United States of America

Jonathan A Wolf