Patent ID: 6813631
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: G05B,H04L

Abstract:
A system of controllers acting as nodes on a network and providing automatic self configuration comprising:a first node having means for broadcasting a default identifier in a default domain; means for designating said first node as a supervisory node; a plurality of second nodes with each second node being a client node and having means for broadcasting a default identifier in said default domain; a communication medium coupling said supervisory node and each said client node; means at said first node for receiving and ranking said default identifier from each said client node; means at said first node for creating a network address for each said client node and communicating said network address in said default domain; and means at each said client node for receiving and internalizing said assigned network address thereby enabling communication of control information between said supervisory node and each said client node in a domain that is not said default domain.