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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2019
Simmonds Precision Products, Inc., Vergennes, VT (US);
Benjamin T. Rule, Vergennes, VT (US);
Travis Gang, Hinesburg, VT (US);
Thomas Henck, Huntington, VT (US);
Travis Dement, Burlington, VT (US);
Peter J. Carini, Underhill, VT (US);
Daniel Hiatt, South Burlington, VT (US);
Benjamin D. Mcbride, South Burlington, VT (US);
Matthew B. Burleigh, Essex, VT (US);
Simmonds Precision Products, Inc., Vergennes, VT (US);
Abstract
A control module for a distributed sensor system can include a non-application specific configurable module configured to operate as a function of controller configuration settings data, at least a first memory configured to store the controller configuration settings data, at least one external interface module configured to connect with a master host module of the sensor system to receive updated controller configuration settings data, the control module configured to receive and store the updated controller configuration settings in the first memory thereof via the at least one external interface module, and a subnet interface module configured to connect to one or more configurable sensor nodes on a subnetwork, wherein the control module is configured to control and/or configure the one or more sensor nodes as a function of the controller configuration setting data and receive sensor data from the one or more sensor nodes.