Fiber optic interface and system
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1. A coupler comprising:
- first means for communicating with a half duplex communication network, said half duplex communication network providing data to and from devices which communicate thereon with respect to a protocol, said first communicating means in communication with the half duplex communication network;
second means for communicating with a general communication network, said second communicating means in communication with said first communicating means and said general communication network; and
means for controlling data between the first communicating means and second communicating means such that the protocol of the data is irrelevant, said controlling means in communication with said first and second communicating means.
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Abstract
An apparatus for optically connecting at least two independent half-duplex networks. The apparatus receives electrical signals from a first network, converts these signals to optical signals, and then transmits the optical signals along optical fiber to another apparatus. This apparatus converts the optical signals it receives to electrical signals and transmits the signals to the second network. The apparatus controls the flow signals to and from the networks and optical fibers without any external control signals.
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13 Claims
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1. A coupler comprising:
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first means for communicating with a half duplex communication network, said half duplex communication network providing data to and from devices which communicate thereon with respect to a protocol, said first communicating means in communication with the half duplex communication network; second means for communicating with a general communication network, said second communicating means in communication with said first communicating means and said general communication network; and means for controlling data between the first communicating means and second communicating means such that the protocol of the data is irrelevant, said controlling means in communication with said first and second communicating means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A telecommunication system comprising:
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a general communication network; M half duplex communication networks, where M≧
2 and is an integer, each of which have J devices, where J≧
0 and is an integer, that are in connection with the respective half duplex network and which communicate with each other through the respective half-duplex communication network; andM couplers, each of which is connected to a respective half-duplex communication network and connected to the general communication network such that the half-duplex communication networks can communicate with each other over the general communication network irrespective of protocol of the J devices of a given half duplex communication network. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system as described in claim 12 wherein the trigger circuit controlling means includes a first trigger interlock connected to the first and second trigger circuits for locking out the second trigger circuit from the first state while the first trigger circuit is in the first state and for a predetermined period of time thereafter;
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a first bit timer connected to the first trigger interlock for providing a signal to the first trigger interlock causing the first trigger interlock to unlock the second trigger circuit when the predetermined period of time has passed; a second trigger interlock connected to the first and second trigger circuits for locking out the first trigger circuit from the first state while the second trigger circuit is in the first state and for a predetermined period of time thereafter; and a second bit timer connected to the second trigger interlock for providing a signal to the second trigger interlock causing the second trigger interlock to unlock the first trigger circuit when the predetermined period of time has passed.
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13. A coupler comprising:
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first transmitter and receiver means for communicating with a half duplex communication network, said half duplex communication network providing data to and from devices which communicate thereon with respect to a protocol, said first transmitter and receiver communicating means in connection with the half duplex communication network; second transmitter and receiver means for communicating with a general communication network, said second communicating means in connection with said first transmitter and receiver communicating means and said general communication network; and means for controlling data between the first transmitter and receiver communicating means and second transmitter and receiver communicating means such that the protocol of the data is irrelevant, said controlling means in connection with said first and second communicating means.
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