Secure communication for commissioning and decommissioning circuit breakers and panel system
AssigneeLeviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
InventorsScott Freeman, Abhishek Golwala, Rejaul Monir, Ozgur Keser
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Abstract
Communication enabled circuit breakers are described. Methods associated with secure communication between communication enabled circuit breakers and a panel system are described. Additionally, methods for commissioning and decommissioning such communication enabled circuit breakers in the panel system are described. The communication enabled circuit breakers may be paired with a controller and information regarding such breakers can be added to a database.
Claims21
A method for commissioning a communicating circuit breaker using a mobile device, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving an information element from the communicating circuit breaker;
- using an input from a graphic user interface (GUI) of a mobile device to select the communicating circuit breaker wherein the input comprises a serial number of the communicating circuit breaker;
- sending a quiet command to the communicating circuit breaker to cause the communicating circuit breaker to cease broadcasting the information element;
- capturing a location of the communicating circuit breaker in a panel;
- capturing a device access code (DAC), an inquiry access code (IAC), or both and characteristics of the communicating circuit breaker;
- generating pairing information comprising the information element and the captured location;
- sending the pairing information to a circuit breaker controller;
- and
- sending a commissioning command to the circuit breaker controller to cause the circuit breaker controller to be commissioned with the communicating circuit breaker using, in part, the pairing information.
A method for commissioning a plurality of communicating circuit breakers using a circuit breaker controller, the method comprising the steps of:
- for each respective communicating circuit breaker of the plurality of the communicating circuit breakers:
- receiving a pairing beacon from a respective communicating circuit breaker, the pairing beacon including a device access code (DAC), an inquiry access code (IAC), or both and characteristics of the respective communicating circuit breaker;
- sending a quiet command to the respective communicating circuit breaker to cause the respective communicating circuit breaker to cease broadcasting the pairing beacon;
- and
- wherein the method is performed for each of the respective communicating circuit breakers at varying points of time, wherein the method is performed for each of the plurality of the communicating circuit breakers after a delay, the delay based at least in part on a unique identifier of the respective communicating circuit breaker;
- generating a list of the plurality of the communicating circuit breakers;
- providing access to the list via a user interface or a graphical user interface (GUI) by inputting a serial number of the communicating circuit breaker;
- and
- sending an indication of the list to the circuit breaker controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.