Patent ID: 6427167
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for identifying and initializing a plurality of devices in a communication system comprising the steps of:(a) providing a plurality of devices and a data processor and connecting said plurality of devices for data exchange with each other and with said data processor in a communication system; (b) transmitting a logon signal from each device, comprising a node number and a device identifier, from each device connected in said communication system to said data processor; (c) at said data processor, checking said node number for uniqueness from each device which transmitted a logon signal; (d) upon identification of any node number in step (c) which is not unique, defining a unique node number for the device which transmitted the node number which is not unique dependent on said device identifier for said device which transmitted the node number which is not unique; (e) transmitting an answerback of said node numbers from said data processor to the respective devices which transmitted a logon signal; (f) at each device, acknowledging receipt of the answerback of said node number; and (g) upon receiving said acknowledgment at said data processor, accepting each device which transmitted the acknowledgment in step (f) for operation in said communication system.