Profiling of composite physical devices for monitoring/control systems
AssigneeSchneider Electric USA, Inc.
InventorsRafee Syed, Theresa K. Wall, Jayme McQuillan, Coni Wimsatt, Christophe Francois
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Abstract
A system and methods for creating a logical profile for physical devices in a system to interface with a monitoring system is disclosed. A profile identity is selected. A plurality of physical devices from the system is selected. The physical devices such as a meter or a circuit breaker include an output or an input. An input or output is classified for at least one of the plurality of selected physical devices as a tag. The plurality of selected physical devices are represented to the monitoring system by the profile identity and the at least one tag of the selected physical devices.
Claims19
A method of creating a logical profile for physical devices in a power system to interface with a monitoring system, the method comprising:
- selecting a profile identity to identify a logical profile representing a combination of physical devices in the power system, the profile identity including an address accessible to the monitoring system;
- selecting a plurality of physical devices from the power system represented by the logical profile, the physical devices including an output or an input, and being identified with the profile identity;
- defining a plurality of tags associated with the logical profile, each of the tags being associated with an input or output for at least one of the plurality of selected physical devices;
- automatically assigning addresses accessible to the monitoring system to each tag based on the address of the profile identity;
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- wherein the plurality of selected physical devices are represented to the monitoring system by the logical profile including the profile identity and the plurality of tags of the selected physical devices and the automatically assigned addresses.
A monitoring system comprising:
- a plurality of physical devices having inputs or outputs;
- a master controller coupled to the plurality of physical devices;
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- a monitoring system on the master controller, the monitoring system interfacing with the plurality of devices via a logical profile representing a selected number of physical devices from the plurality of physical devices, the logical profile including an address accessible to the monitoring system, the logical profile including a plurality of tags each defining an input or output for one of the selected physical devices;
- wherein each tag has an automatically assigned address accessible to the monitoring system based on the address of the logical profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.