Remote fan out facility for data terminals

A remote fan out box facility, having transmitting means for transmitting digital messages and a plurality of data terminal means for receiving digital messages, comprising:

• means, within said transmitting means, for creating a terminal address for each outbound data message and for inserting said address into a respective outbound data message to create a complete message having an address section and data section;
• a first serial transmission means, having a first terminus connected to said transmitting means, for carrying said complete messages;
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• a remote fan out box, connected to a second terminus of said first serial transmission means, for receiving said complete messages, said remote fan out box including means for reading said address section of each said complete message into a shift register;
• said shift register having a particular number of positions wherein the rightmost position of said shift register detects the final bit of the address section being read into said shift register and activates a logic gate;
• said logic gate directing the data section of said complete message into a first FIFO buffer;
• said remote fan out box also including a decoder connected to particular positions of said shift register for reading said address section and said decoder also connected to multiple second serial data lines with each of said second serial data lines connected to a separate data terminal;
• said decoder also logically connected to the output line of said first FIFO buffer;
• said decoder logically connecting the output line of said first FIFO buffer to one of said second serial data lines dependent on the address section in said shift register for directing the data section of said complete message received by said fan out box to a particular data terminal.