Control of an actuator-sensor-interface compatible device using a remote intelligence device
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsSrinivasan Jeganathan, Ganapathy Kalyana Sundaram, Nanda Kishore Pamidi, Sirosh Sivasankaran
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Abstract
A communication network that includes a master device, an actuator-sensor-interface (AS-I) communication bus, a device configured to be monitored and controlled, and a slave device in communication with the master device via the AS-I communication bus. The device that is configured to be monitored and controlled, is operatively connectable to the slave device, and the slave device is configured to receive commands from the master device via the AS-I communication bus, and to execute the commands to control the device.
Claims20
A communication network comprising:
- a master device;
- an actuator-sensor-interface (AS-I) communication bus;
- a device configured to be monitored and controlled;
- a slave device in communication with the master device via the AS-I communication bus, the device configured to be monitored and controlled operatively connectable to the slave device, and the slave device configured to receive commands from the master device via the AS-I communication bus, and to execute the commands to control the device;
- an actuator disposed and configured to actuate the device;
- and
- a sensor disposed and configured to sense a position of contacts in the device configured to be monitored and controlled and send a signal indicative of the sensed position of contacts in the device configured to be monitored and controlled to the master device;
- wherein if the master device determines that the contacts are in an abnormal closed state, within a predetermined period of time the master device sends a signal to the actuator to change to an off state.
A communication system comprising:
- a communication network comprising:
- at least one master device;
- at least one AS-I communication bus;
- at least one device configured to be monitored and controlled;
- at least one slave device in communication with the master device via the AS-I communication bus, the device configured to be monitored and controlled operatively connectable to an associated slave device, and the associated slave device configured to receive commands from the master device via the AS-I communication bus, and to execute the commands to control the device;
- at least one actuator disposed and configured to actuate the device;
- and
- at least one sensor disposed and configured to sense a position of contacts in the device configured to be monitored and controlled and send a signal indicative of the sensed position of contacts in the device configured to be monitored and controlled to the master device;
- wherein if the master device determines that the contacts are in an abnormal closed state, within a predetermined period of time the master device sends a signal to the actuator to change to an off state.
A method for controlling a device via an AS-I communication network comprising, the method comprising:
- operatively connecting a slave device to the device to be controlled and monitored;
- sending commands by a master device to the slave device, via an AS-I communication bus;
- executing the commands via the slave device to control the device;
- wherein executing the commands via the slave device includes determining if contacts of the device are in an abnormal closed state, within a predetermined period of time the master device sends a signal to an actuator in operative communication with the device to change to an off state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.