Patent attributes
A method of communicating a message between an automotive device of an automotive control area network and a non-automotive, industrial device of a non-automotive, fieldbus network includes receiving a message of a source format from one of the automotive device of the automotive control area network and the non-automotive, industrial device of the non-automotive, fieldbus network; translating the message of the source format to a common language format; processing the message of a common language format via a set of stored, configurable rules; translating the processed message of a common language format to a destination message format; and delivering the message in the appropriate destination format to one of the automotive device and the non-automotive, industrial device.