Peer-to-peer register exchange controller for industrial programmable controllers
CA 2000445 C · Owner: Janke, Donald R. · Inventors: Bronikowski, Joseph T.; Gates, Dirk I.; Janke, Donald R.
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A communication network for programmable logic controllers (PLC) wherein selected memory means of each PLC has at least two ports directly accessible by other PLC and certain registers of the PLC are identical. Each PLC further has an interblock gap timer to signal the PLC when its transmit time slice is to occur. The time slice consists of a block transmit time and an interblock gap time. The total update time has been optimized to enable efficient, high-speed transfer of blocks of data between the PLCs.
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- Filed October 11, 1989 and granted February 4, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 11, 2009.
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