NETWORK AND INTELLIGENT CELL FOR PROVIDING SENSING BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AND CONTROL

摘要

A cell for use in a network which provides sensing, control and communications. Each cell, as part of its manufacturing process, includes a unique 48-bit identification number. A terminal on the cell enables the broadcast of this unique number onto the network during initialization of the network so that each cell can be identified. The input/output section of each cell communicates with the plurality of processors in the cell allowing one processor to interpret messages received from the network without interrupts of functions performed by other processors.