Patent ID: 7543044

Claim:
An automatic configuration system for automatically configuring a connecting interface of a node device on a network, the connecting interface of the node device comprising a first pair of connectors and a second pair of connectors, one of the first and second pairs of connectors being for transmitting signals and the other of the first and second pairs of connectors being for receiving signals, and the network comprising a transmitting unit and a receiving unit, the receiving unit being connected to the first pair of connectors and the second pair of connectors and the transmitting unit being selectively connected to one of the first and second pairs of connectors, the automatic configuration system comprising: a switching unit having a first state and a second state, the switching unit switching between the first state and the second state based on a control signal, wherein when the switching unit is in the first state, the transmitting unit is connected to the first pair of connectors, and when the switching unit is in the second state, the transmitting unit is connected to the second pair of connectors; a first analog circuit unit and a second analog circuit unit, wherein when the switching unit is in the first state, the first analog circuit unit is configured to receive a first signal sent by the transmitting unit and a second signal existing on the first pair of connectors and perform calculation on the first signal and the second signal to obtain a first computed result, or when the switching unit is in the second state, the second analog circuit unit is configured to receive the first signal sent by the transmitting unit and a third signal existing on the second pair of connectors and perform calculation on the first signal and the third signal to obtain a second computed result; and a detecting unit for detecting whether a signal exists in the first computed result in a predetermined time when the switching unit is in the first state, and if so, for generating the control signal to allow the switching unit to switch from the first state to the second state such that the transmitting unit is connected to the second pair of connectors; or when the switching unit is in the second state, the detecting unit for detecting whether a signal exists in the second computed result in a predetermined time, and if so, for generating the control signal to allow the switching unit to switch from the second state to the first state such that the transmitting unit is connected to the first pair of connectors.