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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 1979
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Osamu Tazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Youichiro Tsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
325308 ; 325 31 ; 325 30 ;
Abstract
In a bidirectional CATV system, in which interrogations and commands to terminals for individual subscribers occur at high speed, the status of individual terminals is checked rapidly and reliably without interfering with other transmissions. In response to diagnostic commands from the head end unit, the terminal responds with a message that is unlike the usual transmission, and identifies the status established in response to prior commands. The head end unit is thereby without delay able to ascertain not only that the prior commands were correctly transmitted and received but that the appropriate actions were taken in response thereto.