Method and system for removing and returning nodes in a synchronous network

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8072999
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12114873

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A method and system for adding a node into a network operating in a cyclic state after one or more nodes have been previously removed without interrupting the synchronous traffic of the remaining nodes on the network is provided. The method includes discovering an added node by sending data to the added node in a downstream timeslot previously assigned to a removed node, the data having a delay value for scheduling a response from the added node to coincide with an upstream timeslot previously assigned to the removed node, thereby avoiding collisions with the synchronous traffic on the network; receiving the response from the added node; configuring the added node in accordance with an original configuration of the removed node; and commencing cyclic operation of the added node.

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MOTION ENGINEERING INC33 S LA PATERA LANE SANTA BARBARA CA 93117

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Cline, David Santa Barbara, US 17 289
Mitchell, Judy Anne Goleta, US 3 46
Pearce, Robert Bristol, GB 34 398

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