Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a generic fabric interconnect system and method for providing a data path between and among nodes and processing elements within an interconnection fabric.

Abstract: A multi-protocol smart field device uses a Fieldbus communication protocol to communicate process control information and uses a HART communication protocol to enable local configuration of the field device via a hand-held HART communicator. The multi-protocol smart field device includes a first communications interface communicatively coupled to a digital data bus that is adapted to process HART communications which are received from and which are sent to a HART hand-held communicator. The multi-protocol smart field device further includes a second communications interface communicatively coupled to the digital data bus that is adapted to process Fieldbus communications.

Abstract: An apparatus controlling method for performing control between apparatuses connected to a predetermined bus line, in which in a data transmission between a first apparatus and a second apparatus, presetting of settings for inputting or outputting of data in the first apparatus is directed by a transmission of a command in a predetermined format via the bus line. Further, an identification data unique to the second apparatus is transmitted upon the transmission of the directing command, and the first apparatus stores the transmitted unique identification data when performing the presetting in accordance with the command.

Abstract: A method and apparatus which may be used for direct memory access (DMA) acknowledges. A method of acknowledging a request for access to a bus from a bus agent access involves receiving a request for access to the bus and generating a request acknowledge signal. The request acknowledge is generated on a multiplexed bus in response to the request for access to the bus.

Abstract: The use of electromechanical devices for the configuration of the address for access to a peripheral unit in a data-processing system is avoided by replacing them with a non-volatile EEPROM-type memory. The dam in non-volatile memory is read as soon as the peripheral unit is put into operation, and the information that it delivers is stored in volatile memory and used as a comparison address to validate the operation of the peripheral unit.