Patent ID: 7263627

Claim:
A system, comprising: a control system that is configured to transmit control signals to a device to place the device in a first or second state, one of the first or second states being a master state and another one of the first or second states being a client state; an initialization system that is configured to transmit a first signal to a first node of the control system that is used by the control system to produce a corresponding first one of the control signals to initialize the device; a strapping system that is configured to transmit a second signal to a second node of the control system that is used by the control system to produce a corresponding second one of the control signals to place the device in the first state; and an override system that is configured to transmit a third signal to a third node and a fourth signal to a fourth node of the control system, the third and fourth signals being used by the control system to produce a corresponding third one of the control signals to place the device in the second state.