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Cable with field-writeable memory

  • US 9,749,009 B2
  • Filed: 10/30/2014
  • Issued: 08/29/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • providing a cable assembly that includes a communication cable terminated by a termination module and a writeable non-volatile memory embedded in the termination module;

    monitoring a use of the cable assembly, by a processor external to the cable assembly;

    repeatedly writing data, from the monitoring, indicative of a current state of the use of the cable assembly, to the writeable non-volatile memory in the termination module, by the processor external to the cable assembly; and

    controlling the use of the cable assembly based on data read from the non-volatile memory, by the processor external to the cable assembly.

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