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Intelligent industrial local area network module for use in a distributed control system

  • US 5,664,101 A
  • Filed: 12/22/1993
  • Issued: 09/02/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An intelligent industrial local area network module for use in a distributed control system, said distributed control system comprising a host controller and at least two industrial controllers each having a said module, said industrial controllers communicating with each other and the host controller through a communications network, said modules managing all network communications for their respective industrial controller on said communicating network, each of said module comprising:

  • transceiver means for supporting all communication between the module and the communications network in a first data format;

    parallel interface means for supporting all communication between the module and one of the industrial controllers in a second data format;

    microcontroller means for (i) controlling the orderly flow of messages between the module and the communications network through the transceiver means, and (ii) controlling the orderly flow of messages between the module and the one industrial controller through the parallel interface means; and

    memory means for storing program instructions to be retrieved by the microcontroller means and then executed by the microcontroller means to control the orderly flow of messages between the module and the communications network through the transceiver means and to control orderly flow of messages between the module and the one industrial controller through the parallel interface means.

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