Patent ID: 8868813
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A communications control system comprising: a control module; a plurality of input/output modules coupled with the control module; a serial communications interface configured for connecting the plurality of input/output modules to the control module in parallel, the serial communications interface configured for transmitting information between the plurality of input/output modules and the control module; and a parallel communications interface configured for separately connecting the plurality of input/output modules to the control module, the parallel communications interface configured for transmitting information between the plurality of input/output modules and the control module, and transmitting information between individual ones of the plurality of input/output modules, each one of the plurality of input/output modules identifying itself to the control module using a unique identification upon connecting to the control module, the control module maintaining a routing table, wherein the routing table is updated with the unique identification for an input/output module when the input/output module is connected to the control module, the unique identification comprising at least one of an identifier associated with the input/output module or an identifier associated with a slot that provides registration for the input/output module.