Patent ID: 8230129
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for use in a system comprising a plurality of devices connected in-series in an interconnection configuration, each of the plurality of devices being associated with a device type, the method comprising: providing a first signal including a first binary search number to a first device of the plurality of devices in the interconnection configuration, the first binary search number being represented by a pre-defined number of bits, the first signal being propagated through the plurality of devices, incrementing the first binary search number included in the propagated first signal by each of the plurality of devices, an incremented first binary search number by each of the plurality of the devices replacing the first binary search number of the propagated first signal; receiving the propagated first signal from a last device of the plurality in the interconnection configuration, the received propagated first signal including the first binary search number incremented by each of the plurality of devices; recognizing the number of the plurality of devices in the interconnection configuration based on the first binary search number included in the received propagated first signal; and in a case of the first binary search number included in the received propagated first signal being zero,