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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2000
Hirotaka Kuribayashi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yasushi Tamazawa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yoshinari Nakamura, Hamamatsu, JP;
Tatsutoshi Abe, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
A communication control apparatus is provided for setting a plurality of node apparatuses to either of a transmitter and a receiver of synchronization information to synchronize the node apparatuses with each other. A storage device memorizes capability information representing either of an active capability to transmit the synchronization information and a passive capability to receive the synchronization information, owned by each of the node apparatuses. An indicating device indicates the active capabilities and the passive capabilities owned by the node apparatuses. A specifying device is operated in association with the indicated active capabilities and the passive capabilities for outputting status information effective to specify each node apparatus to a transmitter or a receiver. A plurality of memory blocks are provided in correspondence to the plurality of the node apparatuses to memorize status information. A registering device registers each of the outputted status information into each memory block to set the corresponding node apparatus to a transmitter of the synchronization information when the status information specifies the transmitter, and to set the corresponding node apparatus to a receiver of the synchronization information when the status information specifies the receiver.