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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2018
Phoenix Contact Gmbh & Co. KG, Blomberg, DE;
Daniel Knoop, Paderborn, DE;
Irene Berthold, Soest, DE;
Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG, Blomberg, DE;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a communication system for serial communication. The communication system may include a master communication device; and at least one slave communication device comprising a unique identifier, wherein the master communication device is connected to the at least one slave communication device via a signal line configured for communications, wherein the master communication device is configured to read at least a part of the unique identifier via the signal line, and assign an address to the at least one slave communication device based at least in part on the unique identifier, and transmit the address to the at least one slave communication device via the signal line.