METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECIDING ADDRESS TO IDENTIFY HARDWARE COMPONENT ON COMMON BUS

    公开(公告)号:JP2000216784A

    公开(公告)日:2000-08-04

    申请号:JP33130799

    申请日:1999-11-22

    Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automated technology in order to automatically decide system configuration information and to assign an address on a common bus. SOLUTION: Each cell station 100 includes a hardware controller for making communication with a plurality of hardware components 130 on a common bus. When each cell station is energized or reset, each hardware component 130 reads an identification value denoting a physical significance from a back plane where the hardware components 130 are installed. This identification information introduces a bus address to uniquely identify each hardware component 130 on the common bus and denotes how each hardware component 130 and each component are arranged in a cell station. The hardware components enable the hardware controller to generate a map and decide the interconnection of the hardware components 130.

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