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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2004
Applicant:
Ronald H. Naismith, North Andover, MA (US);
Inventor:
Ronald H. Naismith, North Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
Schneider Automation Inc., North Andover, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G05B 19/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A gateway having an input/output scanner is disclosed. The gateway includes a local area network interface, a serial interface, and a processor configured to provide protocol conversion between the local area network interface and the serial interface. Further, an input/output scanner module is operatively connected to the serial interface and configured to poll the slave device.