Device for coupling two bus systems
AssigneePhoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
InventorMichael HOFFMANN
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Abstract
A coupling device that couples a first bus system to a second bus system configured to provide bidirectional communication between the first bus system and the second bus system comprising data transfer means for transmitting forward-directed data from the first bus system to the second bus system and for transmitting backward-directed data from the second bus system to the first bus system, data manipulation means for manipulating forward-directed data and/or backward-directed, and an instruction memory for storing manipulation instructions relating to the manipulation of data by the data manipulation means.
Claims16
A device for coupling that couples a first bus system to a second bus system configured to provide bidirectional communication between the first bus system and the second bus system, the device comprising:
- data transfer means for transmitting forward-directed data from the first bus system to the second bus system and for transmitting backward-directed data from the second bus system to the first bus system;
- data manipulation means for manipulating at least one of forward-directed data or backward-directed data;
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- an instruction memory that stores manipulation instructions relating to manipulation of data by said data manipulation means.
A method that couples a first bus system to a second bus system configured to provide bidirectional communication between the first bus system and the second bus system, the method comprising:
- reloading manipulation instructions into an instruction memory;
- storing the manipulation instructions in the instruction memory;
- transferring data between the first and second bus systems, by data transfer means;
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- manipulating data according to said manipulation instructions, by data manipulation means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.