Patent ID: 6480922
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer software control and communication system for a computer, the computer in communication with a communications bus, the system comprising:at least a first means for processing data in communication with the computer and having a first means for storing data; at least a secondary means for processing data in communication with a circuit card and having a secondary means for storing data, the circuit card in communication with the computer by the communications bus; software means for directing, stored on the first means for storing data and executed on the first means for processing; and software means for communicating data on the circuit card to and from the means for directing, the means for communicating stored on each secondary means for storing data and executed on each secondary means for processing, wherein the software means for directing further comprises a director header register stored on the at least a first means for processing data, for storage of at least status information and fault information, and wherein the software means for communicating data further comprises a communications header register stored on each of the secondary means for processing data, for storage of at least a secondary status information and at least a secondary fault information, wherein the director header register and the communications header register both comprise at least a thirty two bit by four word data register.