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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2012
John Alexander Petzen, Roanoke, VA (US);
Andre Steven Demaurice, Salem, VA (US);
Dana Robert Kreft, Roanoke, VA (US);
William Kennedy Galt, Rustburg, VA (US);
William Robert Pettigrew, Christiansburg, VA (US);
John Alexander Petzen, Roanoke, VA (US);
Andre Steven DeMaurice, Salem, VA (US);
Dana Robert Kreft, Roanoke, VA (US);
William Kennedy Galt, Rustburg, VA (US);
William Robert Pettigrew, Christiansburg, VA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A device includes an interface configured to receive an indication of a second device on a network, and a processor configured to determine if the indication is one of an expected set of indications and generate a permanent node address for assignment to the second device if the indication is one of an expected set of indications. The permanent node address places the second device into an active mode as a permanent node addressed device. The processor is further configured to receive at least one device parameter from the permanent node addressed device, determine if the at least one device parameter matches an expected device parameter for the permanent node addressed device, and generate a second permanent node address for assignment to the device if the at least one device parameter matches the expected device parameter for the permanent node addressed device.