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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2000
Kerry W. Vandesteeg, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
David A. Vasko, Macedonia, OH (US);
Joseph A. Lenner, Hudson, OH (US);
Kenwood H. Hall, Hudson, OH (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
A highly reliable industrial control system is produced such as may use a standard network for configuration by symmetrically transmitting configuration data to intercommunicating controller components. The configuration data provides a unique identification to each component to reduce the possibility of misdirected messages and provides the protocols to be used by the components reducing the chance of garbled messages. The two components trade configuration data prior to communicating to ensure that they have the correct party.