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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2022
Johnson Controls Tyco Ip Holdings Llp, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Shaun B. Atchison, Wichita, KS (US);
Brian D. Rigg, Douglass, KS (US);
Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure includes a control board including a switchable input/output port. The switchable I/O port may provide a switchable communication bus capable of selectively supporting one of multiple different communication protocols and may provide a switchable power bus capable of selectively conducting electrical power from one of multiple different power supplies. As such, the control board may communicatively and/or electrically couple to a wide range of devices. To that end, the control board may support the dynamic interchange and reconfiguration of devices coupled to the control board, allowing a control system including the control board greater operational flexibility.