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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2007
Applicants:
Alan D. Mcnutt, Johnson City, TN (US);
Mark Steven Boggs, Johnson City, TN (US);
Temple L. Fulton, Elizabethtown, TN (US);
Inventors:
Alan D. McNutt, Johnson City, TN (US);
Mark Steven Boggs, Johnson City, TN (US);
Temple L. Fulton, Elizabethtown, TN (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Industry, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/14 (2006.01); G05B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a system, which can comprise a module communicatively coupled to a programmable logic controller (PLC). The module can comprise a transmission circuit and/or a receiving circuit. The module can be adapted to communicate with the PLC via 8B/10B encoded frames. A frame of the 8B/10B encoded frames can comprise a plurality of ordered fields.