US 12,248,420 B2
Computer system for controlling peripheral devices
Noel Nottbeck, Paderborn (DE); Henry Bathke, Paderborn (DE); and Gregor Sievers, Paderborn (DE)
Assigned to dSPACE GMBH, Paderborn (DE)
Filed by dSPACE GmbH, Paderborn (DE)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/129,438.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 134 011.2 (DE), filed on Dec. 20, 2022; and application No. 10 2023 101 748.9 (DE), filed on Jan. 25, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0202155 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 13/4022 (2013.01) [G06F 9/546 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer system comprising:
at least one peripheral device;
a control module to control the peripheral device; and
a connection module that is connected to the control module via a first data link, the connection module comprising I/O data ports for exchanging pieces of information with the peripheral device, the peripheral device being connected to one or a plurality of the I/O data ports via a second data link,
wherein a number of channels in the first data link is smaller than a number of I/O data ports of the connection module,
wherein the control module includes a first gateway, which receives pieces of setpoint state information relating to the I/O data ports of the connection module,
wherein the first gateway is configured to send, in response to the receipt of pieces of setpoint state information of an I/O data port, a configuration message to the connection module via the first data link, which predefines a setpoint state of the I/O data port on the connection module, the configuration message only being sent for an I/O data port in which a state change occurred, and
wherein the connection module is configured to receive the configuration message via a second gateway and to set the I/O data ports accordingly.