System and method for real-time viewing of monitoring system data
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorAfshar Sadaghiany
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Abstract
A method of viewing data of a turbine monitoring system from a remote location is provided. The turbine monitoring system includes a programmable logic controller having an interface rack. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes supplying an on-site monitoring computer, installing at least one communications gateway card in the interface rack, connecting the on-site monitoring computer to the at least one gateway card by a local area network, and connecting the on-site monitoring computer also to a wide area network.
Claims19
A method of viewing data of a turbine monitoring system from a remote location, said method comprising:
- coupling a programmable logic controller (PLC) including an interface rack to the turbine monitoring system;
- supplying an on-site monitoring computer and a remote computer;
- installing at least one communications gateway card in the interface rack of the PLC;
- connecting the on-site monitoring computer to the at least one gateway card by a local area network;
- connecting the on-site monitoring computer and the remote computer to a wide area network;
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- accessing at least turbine operational data and interface rack configuration data using the remote computer.
A method of viewing data of a turbine monitoring system from a remote location, the turbine monitoring system comprising a programmable logic controller having an interface rack, said method comprising:
- creating turbine operating data by the turbine monitoring system;
- creating interface rack configuration data by the programmable logic controller;
- transmitting the operating data to an on-site monitoring computer in real-time via a local area network that connects the on-site monitoring computer to the interface rack of the turbine monitoring system;
- transmitting the operating data and the interface rack configuration data to a remote computer by the on-site monitoring system in real-time via a wide area network that connects the on-site monitoring computer to the remote computer;
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- viewing the transmitted data at the remote computer.
A system that facilitates viewing data of a turbine monitoring apparatus from a remote location, the turbine monitoring apparatus comprising a programmable logic controller having an interface rack, said system comprising:
- an on-site monitoring computer;
- a remote computer;
- at least one communications gateway card mounted in said interface rack of said programmable logic controller and configured to communicate with the turbine monitoring apparatus;
- a local area network connecting the on-site monitoring computer to the at least one gateway card;
- and a wide area network connecting the on-site monitoring computer to the remote computer, the remote computer configured to receive at least turbine operational data and interface rack configuration data via the wide area network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.