Patent ID: 6901432

Claim:
A translator apparatus comprising: a first transceiver adapted to interface a first communication network having a register map of values; a second transceiver adapted to interface a second communication network having a plurality of slave devices, said slave devices having a plurality of different maps of objects and commands; and a processor comprising: a first interface to said first transceiver, a second interface to said second transceiver, and a communication routine adapted to: receive a request based upon said register map through the first transceiver related to at least one of the objects of one of the slave devices, said at least one of the objects of one of the slave devices being responsive to a first command, said at least one of the objects of another one of the slave devices being responsive to a different second command, send a command through the second transceiver related to said at least one of the objects of one of the slave devices, said command being selected from a corresponding one of the maps of objects and commands, receive a response based upon said command through the second transceiver related to said at least one of the objects of one of the slave devices, and send a response based upon said register map through the first transceiver related to said at least one of the objects of one of the slave devices.