Method and apparatus for monitoring status of relay
AssigneeOntario Power Generation Inc.
InventorsJason Wight, Ahmed ABDELSAMIE, Kasia IZDEBSKA
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Abstract
A monitoring apparatus configured to monitor status of a relay, the monitoring apparatus comprising: a connector, for mating with corresponding pins of the relay; a microcontroller unit (MCU), for detecting a status of the relay from the pins of the relay; and a Near Field Communication (NFC) unit, for reporting the status of the relay to a NFC reader.
Claims20
A monitoring apparatus configured to monitor status of a relay, the monitoring apparatus comprising:
- a connector, for mating with corresponding pins of the relay;
- a microcontroller unit (MCU), for detecting a status of the relay from the pins of the relay;
- and
- a Near Field Communication (NFC) unit, for reporting the status of the relay to a NFC reader.
A method for monitoring status of a relay, performed by a monitoring apparatus, the method comprising:
- establishing a Near Field Communication (NFC) connection with a NFC reader;
- receiving a wake up signal from the NFC reader;
- detecting a status of the relay plugged into the monitoring apparatus;
- and
- sending the status of the relay to the NFC reader via the NFC connection.
A method for monitoring status of a relay , performed by a Near Field Communication (NFC) reader, the method comprising:
- establishing a NFC connection with a monitoring apparatus mating with the relay;
- sending a wake up signal to the monitoring apparatus;
- and
- receiving a status of the relay from the monitoring apparatus via the NFC connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.