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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2007
Kerry Van DE Steeg, Windham, NH (US);
Richard A. Blair, Plaistow, NH (US);
Kenneth S. Lee, Cambridge, MA (US);
Kerry Van de Steeg, Windham, NH (US);
Richard A. Blair, Plaistow, NH (US);
Kenneth S. Lee, Cambridge, MA (US);
Schneide Electric USA, Inc., Palatine, IL (US);
Abstract
Each device in an industrial automation system network or other network may have its own associated one or more performance characteristics, such as response time and/or reset time of the network device. Data may be stored representing a plurality of performance characteristics each associated with a different one of a plurality of devices in the network including a first device and a second device. The stored data may be retrieved, representing the performance characteristic of the second device. The first device may communicate over the network with the second device in accordance with the performance characteristic of the second device.