Communication apparatus operative to switch dynamically between different communication configurations by indexing each set of configurables with a unique memory address

DETAILED DESCRIPTION In accordance with the present invention, communication apparatus is operative to switch communication dynamically between itself and a selected one of a predetermined plurality of mating communication devices of differing configurations.
The communication apparatus comprises a storing means and a control means.
The storing means stores a plurality of different sets of configurables with each set of configurables of the plurality corresponding to a communication configuration associated with a corresponding mating communication device.
Each set of configurables is indexed in the storing means by a unique memory address.
The control means is responsive to a command signal to select an index memory address for use by the apparatus to functionally configure itself in accordance with the set of configurables of the storing means corresponding to the index memory address selected by the command signal.
In one embodiment, the control means responds to the command to dynamically control the apparatus to switch from using the set of configurables of the memory means associated with a first mating communication device to use the set of configurables of the memory means associated with a second mating communication device for establishing the communication configuration thereof.
In yet another embodiment, the communication apparatus is operative to switch communication dynamically between itself and any one of at least two mating communication devices selected from a predetermined multiplicity of mating communication devices of different configurations.
In connection with this embodiment, a second storing means is used to store the index memory addresses of the sets of configurables corresponding to the selected at least two mating communication devices.
An entry device may be used for entering the index memory addresses of the selected sets of configurables into the second storing means.
The control means responds to the command signal to access an index memory address from the second storing means and to load a third storing means with the set of configurables from the first storing means corresponding to the accessed index memory address