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US 2016/0366602 A1Published application
Solar system with redundant data connection
AssigneeVivint Solar, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Rapp, Willard S. MacDonald, Roger L. Jungerman
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a methods, devices, and systems communicatively coupling a solar system to a network. A system may include a local router and a solar gateway. The solar gateway may include an interface for coupling to a network via the local router and a long-range module for coupling to the network via at least one other solar gateway.
Claims20
A solar system, comprising:
- a local router;
- and
- a solar gateway including:
- an interface for coupling to a network via the local router;
- and
- a long-range module for coupling to the network via at least one remote solar gateway.
3 more elements
A solar system, comprising:
- a network;
- and
- a solar gateway configured to provide a plurality of communication paths between the solar gateway and the network.
A method, comprising:
- conveying data from a solar system to a network via a first communication path;
- and
- conveying data from the solar system to the network via a second, different communication path upon failure of the first communication path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.