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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1995
Masahiko Otomo, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A controller performs two-way serial communications between a plurality of devices at one time through a reduced number of data communication lines by use of a serial communication line and a serial port adapter connected to a CPU and an external device. The controller includes the CPU, a serial communication device constituting the adapter, and a discriminator. The serial communication device includes an interface having output and input ports, an output buffer circuit, an input buffer circuit and a data I/O terminal for transferring data. The output port is connected via the output buffer circuit to the data I/O terminal. The data I/O terminal is connected also to the input port via the input buffer circuit. A single two-way serial data communication line is thus formed. The discriminator is provided in the CPU when a specified identification code is inputted to the input port of the serial communication device, data can be received.