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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2011
James S. Spitaels, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Vishwas M. Deokar, Acton, MA (US);
Namwook Paik, Acton, MA (US);
Brian P. Mearns, Somerville, MA (US);
James S. Spitaels, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Vishwas M. Deokar, Acton, MA (US);
Namwook Paik, Acton, MA (US);
Brian P. Mearns, Somerville, MA (US);
Schneider Electric IT Corporation, West Kingston, RI (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods that automatically assign addresses to devices coupled to a shared bus are provided. In one example, a system for assigning addresses to a plurality of devices within a network includes a memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The system is configured to instruct all of the plurality of devices to respectively select a first dynamic address from a first set of dynamic addresses, respectively assign a different static address to each device having a first dynamic address that uniquely identifies the device, instruct all of the plurality of devices having a first dynamic address that identifies at least two devices to respectively select a second dynamic address from a second set of dynamic addresses and respectively assign another different static address to each device having a second dynamic address that uniquely identifies the device.