Automated Line Testing
AssigneePassiveLogic, Inc.
InventorsTroy Aaron Harvey, Jeremy David Fillingim
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Abstract
Tools and techniques are described to automate line testing when wiring devices (such as equipment and sensors) to controllers. Controllers have access to databases of the devices that are controlled by them, including wiring diagrams and protocols, such that the controller can automatically check that each wire responds correctly to stimulus from the controller. After testing, a reporting device rapidly shows the results of the line testing.
Claims20
A controller equipped with line testing technology for testing if a device wire attached to a wiring pin on the controller match a proposed device wire, the controller comprising:
- at least one processor, a memory in operable communication with the processor, a database of proposed device-controller locations in the memory, a database of device layouts in the memory, device layouts associated with devices operationally able to be wired to the controller, the device layouts comprising wiring pin layout;
- the line testing technology interacting with the processor and the memory to perform, upon execution, a process which includes:
- detecting that a device wire has been coupled to the controller at a controller location;
- pairing a device layout with a proposed device controller location using the database of proposed device-controller locations;
- determining validity of the device wire with respect to the device layout;
- and
- reporting determined validity.
A method for line testing a device that can be coupled to a controller with a reporting feature, memory, a processor, a wiring pin and a device database in memory, comprising:
- noticing a device has been operably attached to the wiring pin;
- the controller determining desired device from the device database;
- the controller determining a wiring feature of the desired device from the device database;
- the controller determining validity of the wiring feature with reference to the wiring pin;
- and
- the controller reporting the validity using the reporting feature.
A computer-readable storage medium configured with software which upon execution performs a method of line testing a device that can be coupled to a controller with an i/o device, memory, a processor, a wiring pin and a device database in memory, the method comprising:
- noticing that a device has been operably attached to the wiring pin;
- determining desired device from the device database;
- determining a wiring feature of the desired device from the device database;
- determining validity of the wiring feature with reference to the wiring pin;
- and
- reporting the validity using the I/O device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.