System and Methods for Changing Addresses of One or More Components

In an imaging device having a plurality of components, a method of determining an address of a component of the plurality of components, comprising:

• updating, by component circuitry associated with the component, a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) state based on a previous state thereof;
• generating, by the component circuitry, a plurality of new component addresses for the plurality of components based upon the PRNG state;
• and
• using, by the component circuitry, a distinct component address from the plurality of new component addresses as a component address for at least one subsequent communication with a master device.

A method of setting addresses of a plurality of components, comprising:

• sending, by a master device, a command to a security module to retrieve new addresses for the plurality of components;
• in response to the received command, generating, by the security module, a plurality of new addresses for the plurality of components based on a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) state, and sending, by the security module, the plurality of new addresses to the master device;
• in response to receiving the plurality of new addresses from the security module, sending, by the master device, an address change request to each of the plurality of components;
• in response to the received address change request, generating, by each component, new addresses for the plurality of components based on the PRNG state, the new addresses generated by each component corresponding to the plurality of new addresses generated by the security module;
• and
• using, by each component, a distinct new address from the plurality of new addresses as a new component address determined based upon an index value associated with the component.