System for equipment control, comprising a common communication

Details System for equipment control, comprising a common communication System for equipment control, comprising a common communication

1995-05-31

1996-07-16

Zimmerman, Brian

Communications: electrical

Continuously variable indicating

With meter reading

340825070, 34082522, 34082569, 307 38, H04Q 700, G05B 2302

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055371043

ABSTRACT:
A system for equipment control comprises a plurality of equipment units and actuator units. These units are linked by a common communication channel, for example a wired bus. Each of the units has a unique address and further associated with a programmable memory for storing therein an event table. The event table comprises event fields, and associated address fields and instruction fields. When the unit changes state--called an event--addresses of other units and corresponding instructions are retrieved from the event table and transmitted to said other units via the common communication channel. The transmitted instructions cause the corresponding other units to change state, for example to be switched on or off.

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