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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2008
Kevin R. Driscoll, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Brendan Hall, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Michael Paulitsch, Columbia Heights, MN (US);
Kevin R. Driscoll, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Brendan Hall, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Michael Paulitsch, Columbia Heights, MN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A communication device comprises first and second circuits to implement a plurality of ports via which the communicative device is operable to communicate over a plurality of communication channels. For each of the plurality of ports, the communication device comprises: command hardware that includes a first transmitter to transmit data over a respective one of the plurality of channels and a first receiver to receive data from the respective one of the plurality of channels; and monitor hardware that includes a second receiver coupled to the first transmitter and a third receiver coupled to the respective one of the plurality of channels. The first circuit comprises the command hardware for a first subset of the plurality of ports. The second circuit comprises the monitor hardware for the first subset of the plurality of ports and the command hardware for a second subset of the plurality of ports.