Apparatus and method for providing visual and hardware addressing information
AssigneeAvaya Technology Corp.
InventorLarry Dale Newell
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Abstract
An apparatus and method combine visual addresses and electronic addresses for identification of electronic units. In which, the apparatus is one device per electronic unit. Each device comprises a circuit board encapsulated in a device enclosure, and the circuit board provides electronic identification for the electronic unit. The electronic identification of the electronic unit is communicated via bus pins attached to the circuit board to the electronic unit upon the bus pins being inserted into the electronic unit. A cabinet label is affixed to the device enclosure provides visual identification for the electronic unit.
Claims10
Devices for visual and electronic identification of electronic carriers having only one individual device for each electronic carrier and each electronic carrier has a plurality of card slots for receiving a plurality of printed circuit cards, each device comprising:
- an enclosure;
- a carrier label for providing visual identification for an individual one of the electronic carriers and affixed to the enclosure;
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- a circuit board encapsulated in the enclosure and the circuit board having electronic identification of the individual one of the electronic carriers and the electronic identification of the individual one of the electronic carriers is communicated via bus pins attached to the circuit board to the individual one of the electronic carriers upon the bus pins being inserted into the individual one of electronic carriers and the circuit board defining electronic identifications of each of the card slots of the individual one of the electronic carriers whereby the electronic identification of the card slots defines the type of printed circuit card that can be inserted into a particular card slot.
A method for providing visual and electronic identification of electronic carriers and each electronic carrier has a plurality of card slots for receiving a plurality of printed circuit cards, comprising the steps of:
- encapsulating only a circuit board and bus pins attached to the circuit board into an enclosure;
- affixing a carrier label to the enclosure where the carrier label defines visual identification of an electronic carrier;
- producing the electronic identification on the circuit board whereby the electronic identification is communicated via bus pins attached to the circuit board to the electronic carrier when the bus pins are inserted into the electronic carrier;
- and
- defining electronic identifications by the circuit board of each of the card slots the electronic carrier whereby the electronic identification of the card slots defines the type of printed circuit card that can be inserted into a particular card slot;
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- inserting the bus pins attached to the circuit board into the electronic carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.