Patent ID: 7756603

Claim:
A conveyor system for moving a plurality of objects, the conveyor system comprising: a plurality of conveyor zones including motors, sensors and control modules, each conveyor zone having a motor, a sensor and a control module associated therewith; at least a first control module configured to receive at least one wireless message directly from all other control modules comprising a plurality of upstream and downstream control modules associated with the plurality of conveyor zones, to receive sensor inputs from the sensors of the plurality of conveyor zones, to determine direct states of the plurality of conveyor zones, to determine implied states of the plurality of conveyor zones and to transmit outputs to the motors of the plurality of conveyor zones to signal the motors to drive a respective conveyor zone of the plurality of conveyor zones, the outputs determined according to the direct states, implied states and the wireless messages received directly from the plurality of upstream and downstream control modules including non-adjacent control modules, wherein at least a second control module automatically configures all other zone modules, and wherein at least a third control module is manually configured through a user interface.