Automatic door and method of operating same

An automatic door comprising:

• a first accordion-style partition;
• a second accordion-style partition laterally spaced from the first accordion-style partition,
• a lead post coupled to a first end of the first accordion-style partition and a first end of the second accordion-style partition;
• a first processor disposed between the first and second accordion-style partitions and adjacent the lead post;
• a second processor located remotely from the first processor;
• a drive operably coupled with the second processor and configured to displace the lead post;
• a set of conductive wires at least partially disposed between the first and second accordion-style partitions and operatively coupled with both the first and second processors, the set of conductive wires being configured to transmit digital data between the first and second processors;
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• at least one input device operably coupled with the first processor and configured to indicate an occurrence of an event to the first processor.

A method of controlling an automatic door, the method comprising:

• disposing a first processor adjacent a leading edge of a movable portion of the automatic door;
• disposing a second processor in a mutually remote location from the first processor;
• coupling the first processor and second processor with a bus configured to transmit digital data;
• coupling the second processor with a drive configured to control a position of the leading edge;
• transmitting a first signal from the second processor to the first processor along the bus;
• and moving the leading edge to a predetermined position upon failure to receive a return signal from the first processor in response to the first signal.