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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2014
Darcy Winter, Moore, OK (US);
MD M. Haque, Edmond, OK (US);
Wolfram Ploetz, Camas, WA (US);
Brady Johnson, Kalama, WA (US);
Daniel E. Tooke, Boring, OR (US);
Darcy Winter, Moore, OK (US);
Md M. Haque, Edmond, OK (US);
Wolfram Ploetz, Camas, WA (US);
Brady Johnson, Kalama, WA (US);
Daniel E. Tooke, Boring, OR (US);
Other;
Abstract
The invention pertains to automatically addressing devices on a network. The controller tests each address from a list of available addresses. If the control device receives a response the corresponding address is eliminated from the list of available addresses. The control device sends an arming signal which is received by all participating devices. The devices prepare for a triggering signal. When the trigger signal is received each device waits a random amount of time. During this time each device looks for communication on the bus, if communication is detected the device quits timing and remains unaddressed, if not it sends a signal to the control device to accept the address.