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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2008
Frederic S. Boericke, Ii, Mount Vernon, NH (US);
Danny J. Fladung, Amherst, NH (US);
Stephen G. Boucher, Amherst, NH (US);
Eric Kunz, Camas, WA (US);
Frederic S. Boericke, II, Mount Vernon, NH (US);
Danny J. Fladung, Amherst, NH (US);
Stephen G. Boucher, Amherst, NH (US);
Eric Kunz, Camas, WA (US);
Airmar Technology Corporation, Milford, NH (US);
Furuno Electric Company Limited, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
An example embodiment of the present invention relates to a method and corresponding apparatus that terminates circuit connectivity in a bus by determining location of an instrument on the bus, and based on coupling a terminating resistance to the instrument. The example embodiment may couple a terminating resistance with the instrument placed at the end of a bus by employing at least one male-to-male connector arranged to establish a connection between the female receptacles of the terminating resistance and the bus. In order to determine a state of termination of circuit connectivity in a bus, an example embodiment of the present invention may connect a transceiver to a terminating resistance and determine a state of termination of circuit connectivity in the bus as a function of sensing receive activity in the transceiver.