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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1998
Anthony G. Gibart, New Berlin, WI (US);
Dennis G. Schneider, New Berlin, WI (US);
Makoto Shichi, Kariya, JP;
Rockwell Technologies, LLC, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Abstract
An input/output (I/O) module has a programmable memory having a first memory address for receiving a module number and a second memory address for receiving a signal direction indicator. The I/O module is for use with a programmable controller system having a master controller serially connected to a plurality of I/O modules. The I/O module has a signal line operatively coupled with the memory. The signal line has a pair of inputs. Both inputs are configured and adapted for receiving a module number signal across a line connected therewith. The other one of the inputs will then propagate the module number signal downstream. A logic circuit sets the second memory address with the signal direction indicator corresponding to the module number signal being received by a particular one of the inputs.