Method and device for automatically attributing addresses to a plurality of modules interconnected by a communication network with complex topology
CA 2399165 A1 · Owner: Duranton, Rene · Inventors: Duranton, Rene
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The invention concerns a method whereby each module is determined from the address of the module located immediately upstream in the network relative to the central unit the detected address being transmitted by the upstream module in an attribution message which triggers off an automatic search phase for the module without address nearest downstream to a module with an address during which each downstream module without address receives (50) the address attribution message triggers (52) a delay whereof the duration is so much longer if the received message reception is low and if at the end (54) of the delay, no address capture message is detected (53) it transmits (56) such a message, …
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