公开(公告)号：US20180083916A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-22

申请号：US15271556

申请日：2016-09-21

Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Dayin Xu ,  Brain Batke ,  Yi Yu ,  David Brandt ,  Clifford J. Whitehead

IPC: H04L29/12 ,  H04L12/801

CPC classification number: H04L61/2007 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L47/13 ,  H04L61/2015 ,  H04L61/2038 ,  H04L61/6022 ,  H04W84/18

Abstract: A system is provided in which a position for each device (relative to other devices) in a topology, and a corresponding device ID for each device, may be predetermined. Then, the predetermined position and corresponding device ID for each device may be compared to actual devices in a topology having preprogrammed device ID's and pre-assigned IP addresses. If the comparison produces a match, the pre-assigned IP addresses in the actual devices may be utilized. However, if the comparison does not produce a match, the condition may be reported for further action.