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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2024
Cantaloupe, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Joseph A Simpkins, West Chester, PA (US);
CANTALOUPE, INC., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
A host device of a serial device system having a serial communications connection The host device including a host serial communication transceiver connected to a peripheral serial communication transceiver of a peripheral device via a serial connection of a serial communications cable having communication lines. The host device measures electrical power consumption of the host serial communication transceiver to determine when serial communications is prevented due to the serial communications cable being disconnected which includes at least one of the communication lines being detached from the host, detached from the peripheral device, or broken.