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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1995
Holger Leonhardt, Bammental, DE;
Reinhard Broghammer, Bammental, DE;
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, DE;
Abstract
A device for configuring functional units a serial master-slave arrangement, including a master unit having a digital computer and an input/output unit, a plurality of slave units each having a digital computer and two input/output units, the master unit being connected to a first slave unit, and the slave units being connected to one another in series via the in-put/output units and data-transfer lines. The device includes an electronic switch in each slave unit for blocking the transfer of data between a receiving section of the input/output unit for receiving information or signals from the direction of the master unit and a transmitting section of the input/output unit for driving information or signals in a direction towards adjacent slave units, and an electronic summing element in each of the slave units, the respective summing element having a first input connected to the respective digital computer, and a second input connected to a receiving section of the input/output unit for receiving the signals from a respective adjacent slave unit disposed more remotely from the master unit, the respective summing element having an output connected to a transmitting section of the input/output unit connected in the direction towards the master unit.