System and method for monitoring power supply devices
AssigneeSolaredge Technologies Ltd.
InventorsYaron Binder, Yehuda Levy, Ilan Yoscovich
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Abstract
A multiplicity of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) devices may be equipped with a plurality of sensors which report on the state of various operational parameters of the UPS devices to a registry device. Output of the registry device may be displayed on a dedicated GUI and/or written to log files at a monitoring station. In the event that one or more sensors reports a parameter to the registry device which is indicative of a malfunction of one or more of the UPS devices, examination the registry device output may indicate which UPS device or devices is/are malfunctioning. Related embodiments, apparatus, systems, and methods are also discussed.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of input sensors;
- a plurality of output sensors;
- a plurality of power devices, each comprising:
- an input coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of input sensors, and an output coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of output sensors;
- a one-way communication module configured to transmit a secure one-way communication over a communications network for monitoring the plurality of power devices;
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- a controller connected to the plurality of input sensors, the plurality of output sensors, and the one-way communication module, wherein the controller is configured to:
- receive first data measurements from the plurality of input sensors and second data measurements from the plurality of output sensors,
- process the first data measurements and the second data measurements, thereby identifying abnormal output of at least one of the plurality of power devices, and
- send, based on the identifying of the abnormal output and using the one-way communication module, a notification over the communications network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.