Communication system for serial communication between communication devices
AssigneePhoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsDaniel Knoop, Irene Berthold
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a communication system for serial communication. The communication system may include a master communication device; and at least one slave communication device comprising a unique identifier, wherein the master communication device is connected to the at least one slave communication device via a signal line configured for communications, wherein the master communication device is configured to read at least a part of the unique identifier via the signal line, and assign an address to the at least one slave communication device based at least in part on the unique identifier, and transmit the address to the at least one slave communication device via the signal line.
Claims19
A communication system for serial communication, comprising:
- a master communication device;
- and
- at least one slave communication device comprising a unique identifier, wherein the master communication device is connected to the at least one slave communication device via a signal line configured for communications, wherein the master communication device is configured to read at least a part of the unique identifier via the signal line, and assign an address to the at least one slave communication device based at least in part on the unique identifier, and transmit the address to the at least one slave communication device via the signal line;
- wherein the unique identifier is a string comprising a plurality of characters, wherein the master communication device is configured to query a specific character of the plurality of characters at a specific position in the string by sending a query message to the at least one slave communication device via the signal line.
A method for serial communication, via a signal line, between a master communication device and at least one slave communication device comprising a unique identifier, comprising:
- reading, at the master communication device, at least a part of the unique identifier of the at least one slave communication device via the signal line, wherein the unique identifier is a string comprising a plurality of characters;
- assigning an address to the at least one slave communication device based at least in part on at least a part of the unique identifier;
- transmitting the address to the at least one slave communication device via the signal line;
- and
- sending, from the master communication device to the at least one slave communication device via the signal line, a query message comprising a character and a query position of the character in the string of the unique identifier.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for serial communication, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:
- read, at a master communication device, at least a part of a unique identifier of at least one slave communication device via a signal line, wherein the unique identifier is a string comprising a plurality of characters;
- assign an address to the at least one slave communication device based at least in part on at least a part of the unique identifier;
- transmit the address to the at least one slave communication device via the signal line;
- and
- send, from the master communication device to the at least one slave communication device via the signal line, a query message comprising a character and a query position of the character in the string of the unique identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.