Patent ID: 9122797
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A remote interface unit (RIU) emulator comprising: a non-transitory machine-readable memory device containing a first data structure and a second data structure, the first data structure comprising a single, static, list of unconditional commands 1 through n, each unconditional command in the list of unconditional commands excluding conditional programming language, each unconditional command in the list of unconditional commands to be cyclically executed in a non-varying order of execution comprising the execution of command 1 and continuing sequentially through the execution of command n and returning thereafter to the execution of command 1, and the second data structure comprising interface device specific data comprising a logical object required by at least one unconditional command 1 through n; and a sequence controller that receives a synchronization input comprising a clock signal, the sequence controller having an operable communication path with the non-transitory machine-readable memory device, wherein the sequence controller further executes each unconditional command in the said non-varying order of execution based upon the synchronization input, wherein the execution of at least one of commands 1 through n causes the sequence controller to send the interface device specific data to an interface device that is connected to the RIU emulator and that is associated with the interface device specific data, said interface device specific data in turn causing the interface device to perform a function unique to the interface device.