Network-to-serial device intelligent converter

Details Network-to-serial device intelligent converter Network-to-serial device intelligent converter

1996-03-25

1998-11-24

Rinehart, Mark H.

39520066, C06F 1338, C06F 1517

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058419926

ABSTRACT:
An intelligent converter is programmably adaptable for interfacing a data processing system to any one of plural selectable serial devices, each uniquely responsive to a serial data bit stream of a device-specific data communication format. The data processing system is adapted for communication with externally coupled resources in accordance with a predefined network communication protocol of the type including user-programmable network function layers and non-programmable network function layers to coordinate and ensure the integrity of transfer of data therebetween.

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