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Wiring method and apparatus for distributed control network

  • US 5,907,486 A
  • Filed: 05/09/1997
  • Issued: 05/25/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/09/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A control network comprising:

  • a plurality of nodes; and

    a plurality of cable connectors, said cable connectors connecting said nodes in a loop with each node connected to the next node in the loop by a single cable connector;

    said cable connectors each carrying at least two signal pairs and being either of a first type or a second type, the first type of cable connector having a feedthru path for both of its two signal pairs, and the second type of cable connector crossing its two signal pairs;

    wherein at least one pair of said nodes is connected by a cable connector of the first type and at least one other pair of said nodes is connected by a cable connector of the second type.

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