Expansion base unit, control device, control system, and control method
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorKoichi Shinkai
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Abstract
An expansion base unit includes an input connector communicatively connectable with a cable to a connector in a previous base unit to allow receipt of a signal from the previous base unit, and a plurality of output connectors that each are communicatively connectable with a cable to a connector of a plurality of connectors in a subsequent expansion base unit to allow transmission of the signal received by the input connector to the subsequent expansion base unit.
Claims18
An expansion base comprising:
- an input connector communicatively connectable with a cable to a connector in a previous base to allow receipt of a signal from the previous base;
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- a plurality of output connectors that are communicatively connectable via a plurality if cables to a plurality of connectors in a subsequent expansion base to allow transmission of the signal received by the input connector to the subsequent expansion base via one output connector of the plurality of output connectors, a corresponding cable of the plurality of cables, and a corresponding connector of the plurality of the plurality of connectors in the subsequent expansion base.
A method for controlling an expansion base, the expansion base including (i) an input connector communicatively connected with a cable to a connector in a previous base and (ii) a plurality of output connectors that are communicatively connected, via a plurality of cables to a plurality of connectors in a subsequent expansion base, the method comprising:
- transmitting a signal received by the input connector from the previous base to the subsequent expansion base through one output connector of the plurality of output connectors, a corresponding cable of the plurality of cables, and a corresponding connector of the plurality of the plurality of connectors in the subsequent expansion base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.