D2B divice address initialization by use of default address
First Claim
1. A single channel communication bus system comprising a communication bus having a plurality of stations connected thereto, which stations can communicate with one another via the communication bus, to each of which stations a unique station address is to be assigned, each of said respective stations comprising a respective interface circuit forcalling any destination station by generating a destination station address for that destination stations,receiving an acknowledge signal that is transmitted by that destination station, if the station address of that destination station corresponds to the transmitted destination station address, interface circuit of a station is further adapted toperforming an initialization program under the control of which the interface circuit generates and transmits the destination station address more than one time,discontinuing generating and transmitting upon absence of the acknowledge signal, and the destination station address which has been generated and transmitted being assigned as a master station address for the respective station,characterized in that each station, before sending a destination station address during the initialization program, adopts a default address.
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Abstract
In a single channel communication bus system, e.g. D2 B, sometimes two devices of the same type must be initialized at the same time. These devices start out with the same address installed by the manufacturer. The installed address includes follower bits which can be changed to account for the presence of other devices. During initialization, all devices are set to a dummy address and the installed address is stored. Each station then looks for devices having its own installed address. If, after 3 tries, none is found then the stored address is used. If other devices having the installed address are found, the follower bits can be changed. The station iterates until all possible follower bits are exhausted. In this way the stations of the same type have an improved likelihood of being initialized with distinct addresses.
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1. A single channel communication bus system comprising a communication bus having a plurality of stations connected thereto, which stations can communicate with one another via the communication bus, to each of which stations a unique station address is to be assigned, each of said respective stations comprising a respective interface circuit for
calling any destination station by generating a destination station address for that destination stations, receiving an acknowledge signal that is transmitted by that destination station, if the station address of that destination station corresponds to the transmitted destination station address, interface circuit of a station is further adapted to performing an initialization program under the control of which the interface circuit generates and transmits the destination station address more than one time, discontinuing generating and transmitting upon absence of the acknowledge signal, and the destination station address which has been generated and transmitted being assigned as a master station address for the respective station, characterized in that each station, before sending a destination station address during the initialization program, adopts a default address.
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21. A station for use with a single channel communication bus, the station comprising an installed master address and an interface circuit for interfacing with said bus, which interface circuit stores an initialization program which includes
code for using the installed master address as a temporary destination address and using a dummy address as a temporary master address; -
code for repeatedly sending out a message checking whether other stations connected to the bus are using the temporary destination address; code for seeking an acknowledgement of the message;
code for, upon no receipt of an acknowledgement, installing the temporary destination address as a master address. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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