TRANSMITTING SYSTEM, THE DEVICE AND THE METHOD FOR THE REMOTE BUS

• US 20150215134A1
• Filed: 06/23/2014
• Published: 07/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sunix Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Sunix Company Limited
• Inventors: LIN, MING-CHENG, LIN, HUNG-CHOU, LEE, CHUN-HUNG, JIAN, KAI-TONG
• Granted Patent: US 9,647,853 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/462 LAN interconnection over a bridge based backbone

Abstract

A transmitting system, the device and the method for the remote bus applies to control the remote device via network. The transmitting system comprises of a main computer and a bridge device. The main computer includes a first process unit, a storage unit, a first network port and an agent program. The first process unit dispatches the agent program, and sets up the address space and the connection channels according to the identify information. The bridge device couples to the main computer and the target device. The agent program divides the operation command and generates the first package. The main computer sends the first package to the bridge device via the first network port. The bridge device recovers the first package to the operation command, and drives the target device according to the operation command.

Claims

1. A transmitting system for the remote bus, for controlling a remote target device via a network, the transmitting system for the remote bus comprising:

a main computer, having a first processing unit, a storage unit and a first network port, the first processing unit connected to the storage unit and the first network port, the first processing unit executing an agent program in the storage unit, the first processing unit dispatching the agent program to set up an address space and a plurality of connection channels according to a received identify information; and

a bridge device, comprising a second processing unit, a second network port and a heterogeneous interface port, the second processing unit connected to the second network port and the heterogeneous interface port, the second network port connected to the first network port of the main computer, the heterogeneous interface port connected to the target device, the bridge device transmitting the identify information via the second network port;

wherein the agent program divides the operation command and packages each segment of the operation command as a first package according to the plurality of connection channels, the main computer sends the first packages to the bridge device via the first network port;

the bridge device determines the sequence of the received first network packages and combines the first network packages to recovers the first package to the operation command, the bridge device drives the target device according to the operation command.

2. The transmitting system for the remote bus according to claim 1, wherein the main computer transmits an equipment search command for searching the bridge device on the network, and the bridge transmits an identify information to the main computer when the bridge device receives the equipment search command.

3. The transmitting system for the remote bus according to claim 1, wherein the connection channel is used for transmitting an offset of the operation command.

4. The transmitting system for the remote bus according to claim 1, wherein the bridge device receives a response information returned from the target device, the bridges divides the response information according to the connection channels and outputs the divided segments of the response information as a plurality of second network packages, the bridge device transmits the plurality of second network packages to the main computer.

5. A bridge device of the remote bus, comprising:

a main network port, connected to a main computer via a network, for receiving a plurality of first network packages from the main computer or transmitting a plurality of second network packages to the main computer;

a heterogeneous interface port, electrically connected to a target device; and

a processing unit, connected to the main network port and the heterogeneous interface port, the processing unit identifying the sequence of the first network package according to a connection channel of each first network port, the processing unit recombining the first network packages to obtain an operation command, the processing unit transmitting the operation command to the target device via the heterogeneous interface port.

6. The bridge device of the remote bus according to claim 5, wherein the bridge device receives an output information from the target device, the bridge device divides the output information according to the connection channels for outputting a plurality of second network packages.

7. A transmitting method for the remote bus, comprising:

a main computer receiving a identify information of a bridge device, for setting up an address space and a plurality of connection channels;

the main computer making a dividing process for an operation command according to the address space and the plurality of connection channels, and packaging each divided segment of the operation command to be a first network package;

the main computer transmitting the first network packages to the bridge device via the network according to the sequence of the connection channels;

the bridge device recombining the first network packages according to the sequence of the first network packages to obtain the operation command; and

the bridge device transferring the operation command to a target device.

8. The transmitting method for the remote bus according to claim 7, wherein the step of making the dividing process for the operation command further comprising:

obtaining an offset of each divided segment of the operation command according to the dividing result of the operation command.

9. The transmitting method for the remote bus according to claim 8, wherein when the target device receives the operation command, the target device further executing following steps:

the target device executing the operation command, and outputs a response information to the bridge device;

the bridge device dividing the response information according to the amount of the connection channels, and packaging the divided segments of the response information in order to output a plurality of second network packages; and

transmitting the plurality of second network packages to the main computer.

10. The transmitting method for the remote bus according to claim 7, wherein the step of the bridge device receiving the plurality of first network packages further comprising:

when the bridge device receives the first network packages out of order, the bridge device transmitting a negative-acknowledge to the main computer according the ordered last first network package of the plurality of received first network packages, in order to request the main computer to re-transmit the first network packages starting from the ordered last first network package received by the bridge device; and

when the bridge device receives the plurality of first network packages sequentially and the amount of the first network packages is larger than a preset amount, the bridge device transmitting an acknowledge to the main computer.