Method and device for assigning addresses in a system having a plurality of generator units positioned in parallel
OwnerThomas Peuser, Helmut Suelzleinventors
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and a device for assigning addresses in a system having a plurality of generator units connected in parallel. After receiving a start signal, the first generator unit assigns itself an individual address and outputs an identification signal at its control-signal output. Each of the further generator units receives an identification signal output at the control-signal output of a generator unit upstream of it, and assigns itself an individual address as a function of the identification signal received in each case.
Claims13
1-11. (canceled)
A method for assigning addresses in a system including a first generator unit and at least one further generator unit positioned in parallel to the first generator unit, each of the generator units having a control-signal input and a control-signal output, and the control-signal input of each further generator unit being connected in each case to the control-signal output of another of the generator units, comprising:
- after receiving a start signal, assigning the first generator unit an individual address to itself based on a control signal applied to the control-signal input of the first generator unit and outputting a first identification signal at the control-signal output of the first generator unit;
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- receiving by each further generator unit an identification signal output at the control-signal output of an upstream generator unit and assigning each further generator unit to itself an individual address as a function of the identification signal received.
A device, comprising
- a first generator unit;
- at least one further generator unit positioned in parallel to the first generator unit;
- wherein each generator unit includes a control-signal input, a control-signal output, and a data interface;
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- wherein each of the control-signal inputs of the further generator units is connected to the control-signal output of an upstream generator unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.