| 摘要 |
The present invention is a data communication system (100) that allows communication between general machines (132, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138) having different protocols. A switch matrix (102, 104, 106, 108) contains at least a general connection interface port that can support one or more general machines. These machines and the port communicate using a defined protocol. Another interface port can be installed in the same switch matrix or a different switch matrix that is far away from the first switch matrix. The second port can support one or more machines that communicate using a different protocol. The machines connected to the first port and the second port may be any combination of hosts and/or devices (132, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138). A machine connected to the first port can send commands to, or receive command from, a specific machine connected to the second port, even though they normally cannot communicate with one another because they use different protocols. |
