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An interface suitable for use with a cooking computer communication system and preferably mounted on each of cooking appliances such as a baking oven, cooling unit or fryer. The interface monitors the physical characteristics of the cooking appliance through analog or digital sensors and provides in

An interface suitable for use with a cooking computer communication system and preferably mounted on each of cooking appliances such as a baking oven, cooling unit or fryer. The interface monitors the physical characteristics of the cooking appliance through analog or digital sensors and provides information for diagnostics and quality control by a local store computer or a remote corporate mainframe computer. The interface includes a microcomputer responsive to a plurality of signals representing parameters of the cooking appliance for developing a multiplexed digital output signal representing the parameters for applying the output signal by a two-wire cable to a cooking computer communication system.

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In a cooking computer communication system for a cooking appliance, a cooking appliance control and monitoring system including an interface and comprising: means for supplying a plurality of signals representative of a plurality of parameters of the cooking appliance; a local area network comprisin

In a cooking computer communication system for a cooking appliance, a cooking appliance control and monitoring system including an interface and comprising: means for supplying a plurality of signals representative of a plurality of parameters of the cooking appliance; a local area network comprising an interface having a parameter table having programmed values including appliance identification data and data indicating normal operating tolerances of the cooking appliance and having at least one actual value of measured data of the cooking appliance and said network comprising a two-wire cable of a cooking computer serial communication system; and microcomputer means responsive to said plurality of signals and responsive to commands from said communication system for developing an output signal representing said parameters for applying said output signal by said local area network to said cooking computer serial communication system.