Method for identifying and initializing devices which exchange data with each other and with a data processor in a communication network
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1. A method for identifying and initializing a plurality of devices in a communication system comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a plurality of devices and a data processor and connecting said plurality of devices for data exchange with each other and with said data processor in a communication system;
(b) transmitting a logon signal from each device, comprising a node number and a device identifier, from each device connected in said communication system to said data processor;
(c) at said data processor, checking said node number for uniqueness from each device which transmitted a logon signal;
(d) upon identification of any node number in step (c) which is not unique, defining a unique node number for the device which transmitted the node number which is not unique dependent on said device identifier for said device which transmitted the node number which is not unique;
(e) transmitting an answerback of said node numbers from said data processor to the respective devices which transmitted a logon signal;
(f) at each device, acknowledging receipt of the answerback of said node number; and
(g) upon receiving said acknowledgment at said data processor, accepting each device which transmitted the acknowledgment in step (f) for operation in said communication system.
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In a method for identifying and initializing devices that are connected to a communication system for data exchange with one another and with a data processing unit, the data processing unit checks whether the node number of a device in the logon of the device is unique for the communication via the communication system and if a node number is found that is not unique, the data processing unit requests that the device which transmitted to a non-unique node number change its node number to a unique node number.
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1. A method for identifying and initializing a plurality of devices in a communication system comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a plurality of devices and a data processor and connecting said plurality of devices for data exchange with each other and with said data processor in a communication system;
(b) transmitting a logon signal from each device, comprising a node number and a device identifier, from each device connected in said communication system to said data processor;
(c) at said data processor, checking said node number for uniqueness from each device which transmitted a logon signal;
(d) upon identification of any node number in step (c) which is not unique, defining a unique node number for the device which transmitted the node number which is not unique dependent on said device identifier for said device which transmitted the node number which is not unique;
(e) transmitting an answerback of said node numbers from said data processor to the respective devices which transmitted a logon signal;
(f) at each device, acknowledging receipt of the answerback of said node number; and
(g) upon receiving said acknowledgment at said data processor, accepting each device which transmitted the acknowledgment in step (f) for operation in said communication system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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