Load panel including an aggregator component and a number of electrical switching apparatus assigning unique addresses thereto

A load panel comprising:

• an enclosure;
• an aggregator component including a first processor and a number of communicate mechanisms, said first processor including a first routine structured to communicate using said number of communicating mechanisms;
• and
• a number of electrical switching apparatus, each of said number of electrical switching apparatus including a second processor, a first communicating mechanism and a second communicating mechanism, said aggregator component and said number of electrical switching apparatus being arranged as a linear structure within said load panel, said second processor including a second routine structured to communicate using said first and second communicating mechanisms and to assign a unique address to a corresponding one of said number of electrical switching apparatus with respect to said aggregator component and any remaining number of said number of electrical switching apparatus, said first communicating mechanism communicating with or toward said component, said second communicating mechanism communicating with at most one of said any remaining number of said number of electrical switching apparatus, and
• wherein said unique address is a network address;
• and wherein after power up of said aggregator component, said first routine assigns said aggregator component a unique network address of zero.

A load panel comprising;

• an enclosure;
• an aggregator component including a first processor and a member of communicating mechanisms, said first processor including a first routine structured to communicate using said number of communicating mechanisms;
• and
• a number of electrical switching apparatus, each of said number of electrical switching apparatus including a second processor, a first communicating mechanism and a second communicating mechanism, said aggregator component and said number of electrical switching apparatus being arranged as a linear structure within said load panel, said second processor including a second routine structured to communicate using said first and second communicating mechanisms and to assign a unique address to a corresponding one of said number of electrical switching apparatus with respect to said aggregator component and any remaining number of said number of electrical switching apparatus, said first communicating mechanism communicating with or toward said aggregator component, said second communicating mechanism communicating with at most one of said any remaining number of said number of electrical switching apparatus, and
• wherein if said second routine of said one of said number of electrical switching apparatus does not receive a reset message within a predetermined time period, then said second routine sends a reset request message from both of said first and second communicating mechanisms.

A load panel comprising:

• an enclosure;
• an aggregator component including a first processor and two communicating mechanisms, said first processor including a first routine structured to communicate using said two communicating mechanisms;
• and
• a plurality of electrical switching apparatus, each of said electrical switching apparatus including a second processor, a first communicating mechanism and a second communicating mechanism, said aggregator component and said electrical switching apparatus being arranged as two linear structures within said load panel, said second processor including a second routine structured to communicate using said first and second communicating mechanisms and to assign a unique address to a corresponding one of said electrical switching apparatus with respect to said aggregator component and any remaining number of said electrical switching apparatus, said first communicating mechanism communicating with or toward said aggregator component, said second communicating mechanism communicating with at most one of said any remaining number of said electrical switching apparatus,
• wherein said unique address is a network address;
• and wherein after power up of said aggregator component said first routine assigns said aggregator component a unique network address of zero for the first one of said two linear structures and a unique network address of one for the second one of said two linear structures.