Patent ID: 7962661
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a bus address for a first controller within a network, comprising: coupling a first set of pins of a PCB connector of the first controller to a second set of pins of a wire harness connector; sampling voltages of a portion of the first set of pins of the PCB connector to determine a wire harness ID utilizing a microprocessor; accessing a look-up table from a read-only memory device to select the bus address for the first controller using the wire harness ID utilizing the microprocessor, the look-up table includes a plurality of bus addresses correspondingly associated with a plurality of wire harness IDs; storing the bus address selected for the first controller in a random-access memory device utilizing the microprocessor; sending a request to the bus address of the first controller utilizing a master controller; and; reporting information relating to a battery module from the first controller to the master controller in response to the request.