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US4249166A
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Line supervision
Assignee: Honeywell Inc
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Filing: 1978-10-25
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Granted: 1981-02-03
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Expires: 1998-10-25
Abstract
Abstract A security system for supervising the integrity of a communication line having a supervising apparatus which generates first and second random signals, compares these first and second randomly generated signals to provide a third signal and compares this third signal to a fourth signal, and a transponder, also connected to the line, which compares the first and second randomly generated signals to provide the fourth signal to the communication line. The use of randomly generated signals increases the difficulty of breaching line security such that, when the supervisory apparatus detects a difference between the third and fourth signals, it can provide an appropriate alarm, indication, or control.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard M. Schultz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 13:12
CPC Classifications
G; G08; G08B; G08B29/00; G08B29/02; G08B29/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
195 words
A communication system for communicating between a central processing unit and remote stations comprising: central processing means for transmitting remote station address messages; a communication line connected to said central processing unit for conveying said remote station address messages; data gathering apparatus means connected to said communication line for receiving said remote station address messages, said data gathering apparatus means including a plurality of remote stations, each station having module address means for storing a module address unique to said remote station, and remote station address means for storing a remote station address unique to said remote station, control logic means having sequencing means for sequentially supplying module addresses to said remote stations, each of said remote stations comprising module address comparator means connected to said module address means and to said control logic for supplying to said control logic the remote station address when there is a match between the module address stored in the remote station and the module address generated by said control logic means, remote station address comparator means for comparing the remote station address received from said central processing means to the remote station address of the selected remote station.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
195 words
A communication system for communicating between a central processing unit and remote stations comprising: central processing means for transmitting remote station address messages; a communication line connected to said central processing unit for conveying said remote station address messages; data gathering apparatus means connected to said communication line for receiving said remote station address messages, said data gathering apparatus means including a plurality of remote stations, each station having module address means for storing a module address unique to said remote station, and remote station address means for storing a remote station address unique to said remote station, control logic means having sequencing means for sequentially supplying module addresses to said remote stations, each of said remote stations comprising module address comparator means connected to said module address means and to said control logic for supplying to said control logic the remote station address when there is a match between the module address stored in the remote station and the module address generated by said control logic means, remote station address comparator means for comparing the remote station address received from said central processing means to the remote station address of the selected remote station.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of claim 1 wherein said module address means includes a plurality of switches for uniquely identifying its associated remote station.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The system of claim 2 wherein said sequencing means comprises a counter for sequentially generating the module addresses of all remote stations in said data gathering apparatus means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 1 wherein said comparator means for comparing module addresses is connected to said counter and to said plurality of switches.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
The apparatus of claim 4 wherein said module address comparator means comprises an output for energizing said remote station address means to supply said remote station address to said control logic means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
The system of claim 5 wherein said remote station address means comprises a plurality of diodes connected between said output from said module address comparator means and said remote station address comparator means wherein said diodes determine said remote station addresses.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The system of claim 6 wherein said control logic means comprises decoding means for decoding the type of address received from the central processing means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
62 words
The system of claim 7 wherein said decoding means includes a decoder for generating transmit and load pulses to transmit and load status information upon a change of status, to generate transmit and load pulses to transmit and load status information on demand, and to generate only the transmit pulse if there has been no change of status in the remote station.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
The system of claim 8 wherein said remote station address comparator means has an output for enabling said decoder only when said remote station receives its address from the central processing means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
The system of claim 9 wherein said control logic means comprises means for energizing said sequencing means whenever a remote station address is received from said central processing means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
The system of claim 10 including transceiver means responsive to said transmit and load pulses for transmitting status and demand information back to the central processing means.
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