Patent ID: 7685323
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. A method for automatic configuration of devices in a network having a network bus for communicating with the devices, wherein the network is implemented in a physical environment the method comprising: detecting a device assembly that is connected to the network bus, wherein the device assembly includes a plurality of devices assembled thereon in a predetermined physical order; upon detecting a device assembly connected to the network bus, determining whether the detected device assembly is of a predetermined first type; upon determining that the detected device assembly is of the first type, reading data from the plurality of devices assembled thereon in an order corresponding to the predetermined physical order of the plurality of devices as assembled on the device assembly; identifying a physical location in the physical environment of each of the plurality of devices on the first-type device assembly based on the order in which data of the plurality of devices is read from the first-type device assembly; and storing the identified physical locations of the plurality of devices in a configuration memory, wherein the physical locations of the plurality of devices are not stored in a memory prior to the reading of the data in the predetermined physical order from the plurality of devices.