Patent ID: 8060658

Claim:
A method for auto-addressing a device in communication with a controller, the method comprising communicating a pulse from a first contact of a controller, wherein the first contact of the controller is in communication with a conduit configured to provide power and a communication loop that includes first and second communication legs; Receiving, via the first communication leg of the conduit, the pulse at a second contact of a device in communication with the controller; communicating, via the first communication leg of the conduit, a number of pulses from a first contact of the device; redirecting the pulse from the first communication leg through a loop connection portion of an end-of-line connector to the second communication leg, wherein the first communication leg and the second communication leg cooperate with the loop connection portion to establish the communication loop; and receiving, via the second communication leg, the number of pulses at a second contact of the controller, wherein the number of pulses indicates a number of devices in communication with the controller.