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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
May. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kelly P Hanaway, Sussex, WI (US);
David J Lillie, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Paul G Kucharski, Waukesha, WI (US);
Assignee:
Allen Bradley Company, LLC, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395831 ;
Abstract
A method to be used with a programmable controller that can communicate with peripheral devices in two protocols, the method for automatically switching controller communication between the two protocols when the protocol used by a peripheral device is different than the protocol currently being used by the controller.