Patent ID: 7936748

Claim:
A master network device for creating a network in a daisy chain configuration, the master network device comprising: a network component configured to operate on a daisy chain network and comprising an output port and an input port for connection to the daisy chain network; and a connector hub operative to connect a plurality of network devices in a daisy chain network, wherein each network device is connectable to the connector hub by a cable and each cable comprises two conductors, the connector hub comprising: a plurality of sequential cable interfaces including a first cable interface and a last cable interface, each cable interface comprising a pair of conductor connectors, each conductor connector operative to connect one conductor of a connected cable to a connecting circuit, each cable interface connectable to a cable; wherein the connecting circuit is configured such that: one of the conductor connectors of the first cable interface is connected to the output port of the network component and the other of the conductor connectors of the first cable interface is connected to one of the conductor connectors of a next cable interface; the other of the conductor connectors of the next cable interface is connected to one of the conductor connectors of a succeeding cable interface, and conductor connectors of the subsequent succeeding cable interfaces are connected sequentially in the same manner; and the other of the conductor connectors of the last cable interface is connected to the input port of the network component, and wherein when a network device is connected to each one of the interfaces of the network hub by a cable, the network devices are maintained in a daisy chain configuration by the connector hub.