Patent ID: 7685325
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of generating bus signals for a plurality of remote stations comprising: transmitting a plurality of data packets to a bus, wherein the data packets are comprised of a plurality of data blocks, each of the plurality of the data blocks correspond to a remote station, and wherein a position of the data blocks in the data packet identifies the remote station to which the data block is directed; substantially synchronously receiving a first data packet from the bus at a plurality of remote stations; identifying in a first remote station of the plurality of remote stations a first data block in the first data packet based on a position of the first data block in the first data packet, and loading content of the first data block; and identifying in a second remote station a second data block in the first data packet based on a position of the second data block in the first data packet, and loading content of the second data block substantially synchronously with the first remote station loading the content of the first data block.