Network appliance with simplified network transmitter
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1. A network appliance transmitter comprising:
- a) a memory for storing transmission signal values in a format of a transmission frame of a predetermined message, the format complying with a predetermined network protocol for transmission frames; and
b) a transmitter coupled to the memory for retrieving the transmission signal values from the memory in the format of the transmission frame, generating a modulated carrier signal including the transmission frame, and transmitting the transmission frame via the modulated carrier signal.
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Abstract
A network appliance with a simplified network transmitter architecture includes a measurement/detection circuit for detecting a condition and generating a report signal corresponding to the measured or detected condition. A transmitter selects one of a plurality of condition reporting transmission frames corresponding to the measured or detected transmission and transmits the condition reporting transmission frame to a remote monitoring device across a network.
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19 Claims
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1. A network appliance transmitter comprising:
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a) a memory for storing transmission signal values in a format of a transmission frame of a predetermined message, the format complying with a predetermined network protocol for transmission frames; and
b) a transmitter coupled to the memory for retrieving the transmission signal values from the memory in the format of the transmission frame, generating a modulated carrier signal including the transmission frame, and transmitting the transmission frame via the modulated carrier signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A network device for reporting one of a plurality of conditions to another network device across a data network, the device comprising:
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a) a detection circuit for detecting a condition and generating a condition signal representative of such condition;
b) a memory for storing transmission signal values in a format of a transmission frame of a predetermined message, the format complying with a predetermined network protocol for transmission frames; and
b) a transmitter coupled to the memory for retrieving the transmission signal values from the memory in the format of the transmission frame, generating a modulated carrier signal including the transmission frame, and transmitting the transmission frame via the modulated carrier signal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of reporting a condition to a remote computing device, the method comprising:
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a) detecting the condition and generating a signal representative thereof;
b) selecting a transmission frame corresponding to the condition from a plurality of transmission frames pre-stored in a memory, the transmission frames having a format complying with a predetermined network protocol for transmission frames; and
c) transmitting the selected transmission frame on a network backbone by retrieving the transmission frame from the memory in the format of the transmission frame. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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