Patent ID: 9703734
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. An Input/output device transferring and/or receiving data to and/or from a control device, transmitting data from a volatile memory by means of a mechanism for direct access to the memory, wherein the input/output device transfers the data to the control device over a physical connection of the Ethernet type according to a UDP/IP protocol, the input/output device being connected to a plurality of data processing or acquisition devices by means of at least one connection different from the Ethernet physical memory, the input/output device comprises a MAC layer management module and circuitry causing the device to connect the MAC layer management module to an Ethernet physical transmission interface, the circuitry causing the device to connect the MAC layer management module to the Ethernet physical transmission interface being able to connect a MAC layer management module of at least one other input/output device to the Ethernet physical transmission interface in order to connect the at least one other input/output device to the Ethernet connection and the input/output device comprises circuitry causing the device to manage the transmission over the Ethernet connection of the data transmitted by the input/output devices to the control device.