Patent ID: 6108614
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: F24F

Abstract:
A system for transmitting data between a central unit and one or more remote units, the system comprising:one common data line operatively coupling the central unit to each of the one or more remote units;one common attention line operatively coupling the central unit to each of the one or more remote units;means within the central unit for placing the data on the one common data line, the data including a message having an address indicative of at least one of the one or more remote units intended to receive the data;means within the central unit for framing the address with an attention signal placed on the one common attention line, the attention signal having a leading edge and a trailing edge;means within each one of the one or more remote units for storing a unique identification code;means within each one of the one or more remote units for comparing the address from the one common data line with the unique identification code within each one of the one or more remote units only when the address is framed by the attention signal; andmeans within each one of the one or more remote units for monitoring the one common data line for a remaining portion of the message when the address corresponds to the unique identification code within one of the one or more remote units.