Transmitting system with address polling for providing a control signal to open/close switch

• US 6,105,077 A
• Filed: 01/21/1998
• Issued: 08/15/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nittan Co. Ltd. (Old) (Secom Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Nittan Co. Ltd. (Old) (Secom Company Limited)
• Inventors: Kimura, Tetsuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Thomas C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SCHUSTER, KATHARINA W
• Application Number:
  US09/010,494
• Time in Patent Office: 937 Days
• Field of Search: 340/506, 340/505, 340/825, 340/518, 340/146, 710/9, 710/104, 710/10, 710/131, 455/600, 714/4
• US Class Current: 710/9
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 26/005 with substations connected in series, e.g. cascade
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/622 Layer-2 addresses, e.g. medium access control [MAC] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5038 for local use, e.g. in LAN or USB networks, or in a controller area network [CAN]

Abstract

A transmitting system including a controller for supervising an address polling system; and a plurality of transmitting modules; connected in cascade to a pair of transmitting paths extending from the controller, for executing polling transmissions from the controller by using a logical address set in each transmitting module; wherein the controller sends a command message for setting the logical address and each transmitting module includes: a switching element circuit for opening and closing between input and output terminals connected to the transmitting paths; and a signal processing circuit for setting the logical address to an address assigned by the command message when a polling address of the command message is identical to the logical address, and for providing a signal to the switching element circuit according to the logical address.

Claims

1. A transmitting system including a controller for supervising an address polling system;

and a plurality of transmitting modules, connected in cascade to a pair of transmitting paths extending from the controller, for executing polling transmissions from the controller by using a logical address set in each transmitting module;

wherein said controller may send a command message for setting the logical address and each transmitting module comprises;

a switching element circuit for opening and closing input and output terminals connected to said transmitting paths; and

a signal processing circuit for setting the logical address to an address assigned by the command message when a polling address of the command message is identical to the logical address, and for providing an opening/closing control signal to said switching element circuit depending upon the logical address.

2. A transmitting system according to claim 1 wherein said signal processing circuit includes

an address setting means for setting said logical address to a predetermined non-set address, and a logical address processing means for changing the logical address in the address setting means to said address assigned by the command message in order to provide a closing control signal to said switching element circuit from said transmitting path.

3. A transmitting system according to claim 1 wherein each of transmitting modules includes a display means for indicating when an opening control signal is supplied to said switching element circuit.

4. A transmitting system including a controller for supervising an address polling system;

and a plurality of transmitting modules, connected in cascade to a pair of transmitting paths extending from the controller, for executing polling transmissions from the controller by using a logical address set in each transmitting module;

wherein said controller may send a command message for setting the logical address and each transmitting module comprises;

a switching element circuit having input and output terminals connected to the transmitting paths for opening and closing said input and output terminals in response to an opening/closing control signal; and

a signal processing circuit having an address setting means for providing an opening control signal to said switching element circuit when a predetermined non-set address indicates a state in which the logical address is not set in said address setting means, for providing a closing control signal to said switching element circuit when the logical address is set in said address setting means; and

for setting the address in said address setting means according to the command message when the polling address of the command message is identical to the address set in said address setting means.

5. The transmitting system according to claim 4, wherein even if the logical address is set in said address setting means, said signal processing circuit provides the opening/closing control signal to said switching element circuit from the command message from the transmitting paths.

6. The transmitting system according to claim 4, wherein each of said transmitting modules includes a display means for indicating when an opening control signal is supplied to said switching element circuit.

7. The transmitting system according to claim 4, wherein said signal processing circuit includes

an address setting means for writing a predetermined non-set address or the logical address;

and

an address detecting means for detecting whether or not the predetermined non-set address is set in said address setting means, for providing the opening control signal to said switching element circuit when the predetermined non-set address is set, and for outputting the closing control signal to said switching element circuit when the logical address is set.

8. A transmitting system including a controller for supervising an address polling system;

and a plurality of transmitting modules, connected in cascade to a pair of transmitting paths extending from the controller, for executing polling transmissions from the controller by using a logical address set in each transmitting module;

wherein said controller may send a command message for setting the logical address and each transmitting module comprises;

a switching element circuit having input and output terminals connected to the transmitting paths for opening and closing said input and output terminals in response to an opening/closing control signal;

a signal processing circuit having an address setting means for providing an opening control signal to said switching element circuit when a predetermined non-set address indicates a state in which a logical address is not set in said address setting means, for providing a closing control signal to said switching element circuit when the logical address is set in said address setting means, and for setting the address in said address setting means according to the command message when the polling address of the command message is identical to the address set in said address setting means; and

wherein said pair of transmitting paths are branched, a plurality of transmitting modules are connected in cascade in each pair of the branched transmitting paths, and a different predetermined non-set address is set for every branched transmitting path in at least each pair of transmitting modules connected immediately after the branch point of each transmitting path so that a logical address is set for every different predetermined non-set address.

9. The transmitting system according to claim 8, wherein even if the logical address is set in said address setting means, said signal processing circuit provides the opening/closing control signal to said switching element circuit from the command message from the transmitting paths.

10. The transmitting system according to claim 8, wherein each of said transmitting modules includes a display means for indicating when a opening control signal is provided to said switching element circuit.

11. The transmitting system according to claim 8, wherein said signal processing circuit includes

an address setting means for writing a predetermined non-set address or the logical address;

and

an address detecting means for detecting whether or not the predetermined non-set address is set in said address setting means, for providing the opening control signal to said switching element circuit when the predetermined non-set address is set, and for outputting the closing control signal to said switching element circuit when the logical address is set.