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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2009
Kenneth John Murphy, Henderson, NV (US);
Linda Murphy, Legal Representative, Henderson, NV (US);
Thomas Bruce Meagher, Houston, TX (US);
Philip John Agar, Danbury, GB;
Ian David Wynne Jones, West Mersea, GB;
Gerald Robert Creech, Danbury, GB;
Kenneth John Murphy, Henderson, NV (US);
Linda Murphy, legal representative, Henderson, NV (US);
Thomas Bruce Meagher, Houston, TX (US);
Philip John Agar, Danbury, GB;
Ian David Wynne Jones, West Mersea, GB;
Gerald Robert Creech, Danbury, GB;
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
An industrial process control apparatus and method that includes a number of processors and a number of input/output modules. Each processor is connected to a plurality of the input/output modules by a unidirectional command line. Each input/output module is connected to a plurality of the processors by a unidirectional response line. The processors are arranged to issue an identifier request to all of the connected input/output modules and each input/output module is arranged to respond to the identifier request via the respective response line with a response that includes a unique identifier. Such a configuration allows each processor to identify the physical location of each respective input/output module.