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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1987
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1984
Leonard C Vercellotti, Oakmont, PA (US);
William R Verbanets, Jr, Plum Borough, PA (US);
Theodore H York, Raleigh, NC (US);
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A communication network digital message format is provided in which on message start signal has a logic '1' value for two bit intervals to provide improved noise immunity in transmission of a message over a network medium. The start signal is followed by a control bit one logic value of which designates a plurality of message bits as instruction bits to enable an interface to be set up between the network and a microcomputer, the other logic value of said control bit designating a plurality of message bits as data bits for the microcomputer after said interface has been established.