A variable cam timing phaser for an internal combustion engine having at least one camshaft comprising a housing, a rotor, and a driving element. The socket connector includes a socket that receives an electrical plug and a socket silo. The DPF after-treatment operator interface provides multiple status indications to the operator. The present invention also provides methods of improving skirt response for a filter, as well as other response properties of the filter. The heat spreader, the IGBT element, the diode element, the relay terminal block and the external connection electrode plate are sealed in a resin of a box shape by using transfer molding and the resin package defines the external form of the semiconductor device. Finally, an adaptor module translates the vendor-neutral device-configuration settings to vendor specific configuration settings corresponding to the devices in the network and configures the devices.