System, device, and method for monitoring communication in a wind farm network
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsVivek Kumar, Hemanth A. Kumar, Chery Jose
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Abstract
A method for monitoring communication in a wind farm network. A server is attached to one or more network nodes in a wind farm network. The server determines whether it is capable of communicating with each of the network nodes and reports the results as a network state. A graphical representation of the network state may be displayed to a user.
Claims20
A system for monitoring a status of communication in a wind farm network from a remote device, the system comprising:
- a first wind turbine comprising a first network node communicatively coupled to the wind farm network;
- and,
- a server comprising:
- a first communication interface communicatively coupled to the wind farm network and programmed to determine a first connection status for the first network node, the first connection status indicating whether the server is capable of communicating with the first network node;
- a second communication interface communicatively coupled to the remote device and configured to transmit a network state comprising the first connection status to the remote device;
- and,
- a first processor operatively coupled to the first communication interface and the second communication interface.
A device for displaying a network state of a wind farm network, the wind farm network comprising a server communicatively attached to a plurality of wind farm network nodes, the wind farm network state comprising a plurality of wind farm network node states, each of the plurality of wind farm network node states corresponding to a wind farm network node, each of the plurality of wind farm network node states comprising a link state, the device comprising:
- a communication interface communicatively attachable to the server and configured to receive the network state from the server;
- and,
- a display device configured to display a graphical representation of the plurality of wind farm network node states and a graphical representation of the link states associated with the plurality of wind farm network node states.
A method for presenting a communication status in a wind farm network, the wind farm network comprising a server and a plurality of network nodes, the method comprising:
- requesting the communication status from the server, the communication status comprising a plurality of connection indicators, each of the plurality of connection indicators indicating whether the server is capable of communicating with a corresponding network node of the plurality of network nodes in the wind farm network;
- receiving the communication status from the server;
- and,
- displaying on a display device a graphical representation of the communication status.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.