Patent ID: 8661174

Claim:
A master-slave system comprising: a master comprising a first communication interface, a master controller, and a voltage meter, the voltage meter being electrically connected to the first communication interface and the master controller; and a slave comprising a second communication interface, an input unit, a slave controller, and a control indicator unit, the second communication interface to communicate with the first communication interface, the control indicator unit being electrically connected to the second communication interface and the slave controller, the slave controller to control voltage of a node between the control indicator unit and the second communication interface to change between a high logic level and a low logic level according to signals from the input unit; wherein the voltage meter is further electrically connected to the control indicator unit through the first communication interface and the second communication interface, and detects the voltage of the node between the control indicator unit and the second communication interface; the master controller obtains the voltage detected by the voltage meter every a preset interval and controls the master to execute a function according to change of the obtained voltage within a preset period, the preset interval is less than the preset period; the control indicator unit comprises a power source, a pull-up resistor, a pull-up switch, and a pull-down resistor, two opposite ends of the pull-up resistor are respectively connected to the power source and the pull-up switch, the pull-up switch is further electrically connected to an end of the pull-down resistor, the slave controller, and the second communication interface, another end of the pull-down resistor is grounded, a node between the pull-up switch and the second communication interface is the node between the control indicator unit and the second communication interface, the slave controller selectively turns on or turns off the pull-up switch to control the voltage of the node between the control indicator unit and the second communication interface to change between a high logic level and a low logic level according to signals from the input unit.