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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2016
Simmonds Precision Products, Inc., Vergennes, VT (US);
Travis Gang, Burlington, VT (US);
Peter Carini, Underhill, VT (US);
Benjamin D. McBride, Burlington, VT (US);
Matthew B. Burleigh, Essex, VT (US);
David Joseph Fontaine, Ferrisburgh, VT (US);
Christopher Fitzhugh, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Simmonds Precision Products, Inc., Vergennes, VT (US);
Abstract
A network and method of addressing a network includes a host computer, a communication bus connected to the host computer, and a plurality of nodes connected to the communication bus. Each of the plurality of nodes includes a node controller, a timer, a communication input connected to the communication bus and a communication output connected to the communication bus. The node controller is configured to connect the communication input to the communication output upon successful receipt of an address from the host computer or upon the timer reaching a threshold.