US 2026/0140910 A1 · ASSIGNING UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS

Abstract

A method for assigning unique identifiers is disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a daisy-chain identifier update command set transmitted over a serial communication interface to a chain of serially connected worker modules (WMs). The chain of serially connected WMs comprises a first WM, a second WM, and a third WM. The method includes: enabling updating a first WM identifier associated with the first WM, disabling updating a second unique identifier associated with the second WM, obtaining a first identifier update value transmitted over the serial communication interface to the chain of serially connected WMs, updating the first WM identifier of the first WM based on the first identifier update value, obtaining a second identifier update value transmitted over the serial communication interface, enabling updating the second unique identifier associated with the second WM, and updating the second WM identifier based on the second identifier update value.

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Dependent claims

A method of assigning unique identifiers, the method comprising:

obtaining a pass-through identifier update command set at a chain of serially connected WMs, wherein the pass-through identifier update command set is associated with a pass-through identifier update value and a pass-through CS source;
configuring each individual WM of the chain of serially connected WMs in a pass-through configuration;
updating respective unique identifiers of each WM of the chain of serially connected WMs based on the pass-through identifier update value;
obtaining a daisy-chain identifier update command set, wherein the daisy-chain identifier update command set is associated with a daisy-chain CS source;
disabling updates of a second unique identifier associated with a second WM of the chain of serially connected WMs;
obtaining a daisy-chain identifier update value;
and
updating a first unique identifier associated with a first WM of the chain of serially connected WMs based on the daisy-chain identifier update value.

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An apparatus for assigning unique identifiers, the apparatus comprising:

a chain of serially connected worker modules (WMs);
a first WM of the chain of serially connected WMs, the first WM comprising:
a first serial communication port coupled to a serial communication interface;
and
a first identifier update module configured to:
obtain a daisy-chain identifier update command set transmitted over the serial communication interface to the chain of serially connected WMs;
enable updating a first WM identifier associated with the first WM;
disable updating a second unique identifier associated with a second WM;
obtain a first identifier update value transmitted over the serial communication interface to the chain of serially connected WMs;
update a first WM identifier of the first WM based on the first identifier update value;
and
enable updating the second unique identifier associated with the second WM;
and
a second WM of the chain of serially connected WMs, the second WM comprising:
a second serial communication port coupled to the serial communication interface;
and
a second identifier update module configured to:
obtain a second identifier update value transmitted over the serial communication interface to the chain of serially connected WMs;
and
update the second WM identifier of the second WM of the chain of serially connected WMs based on the second identifier update value.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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