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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
May. 18, 1998
Gaetano Bonasia, Bronx, NY (US);
David P. Eckel, Eaton's Neck, NY (US);
Alfred J. Lombardi, LaGrangeville, NY (US);
Selin Tansi-Glickman, New York, NY (US);
Paul Soccoli, Flushing, NY (US);
Damon Bruccoleri, Long Branch, NJ (US);
Alan Granger, Anderson, SC (US);
Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., Little Neck, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method place a node in an unconfigured state, with the apparatus and method functioning within an electrical network including a plurality of such nodes. Each node is adapted to communicate over a communications network. Such electrical networks can be implemented utilizing the CEBus (EIA-600 standard) or LonWorks communications systems. The apparatus and method operate in a LonWorks communications system by placing a node in an unconfigured state for installation or maintenance purposes. A push button switch is in a suitable location in the apparatus to be accessed by a user. The switch is coupled between a service pin of a Neuron chip and ground. Under control of an executable application program, pressing the switch for a predetermined length of time causes the node to be placed in the unconfigured state.