Pressure sewer control system and method

A pressure sewer network monitoring system, comprising:

• a remote server;
• and
• a plurality of pump control systems, each pump control system comprising:
• a controller arranged to control supply of power to a pump of a pressure sewer installation, wherein the controller is arranged to receive an output signal from a sensor in a pressure sewer tank of the pressure sewer installation, the output signal being indicative of a measured fluid level in the pressure sewer tank, and wherein the controller is not configured to determine a fluid level threshold;
• a memory accessible to the controller and arranged to store operation information pertaining to operation of the pressure sewer installation;
• and
• a wireless transceiver in communication with the controller to allow the controller to communicate with the remote server over a communications network;
• wherein the remote server is in communication with the wireless transceiver of each of the pump control systems;
• wherein the remote server is configured to monitor operation of each pressure sewer installation based on messages received from each pump control system, to determine a changed fluid level threshold, and to affect operation of each pump control system by transmission of one or more commands from the remote server to each pump control system;
• wherein the commands comprise instructions to replace a fluid level threshold stored in the memory with the changed fluid level threshold, and wherein the instructions comprise the changed fluid level threshold.

A pressure sewer installation, comprising:

• a pump control system comprising:
• a controller arranged to control supply of power to a pump of the pressure sewer installation, wherein the controller is arranged to receive an output signal from a sensor in a pressure sewer tank of the pressure sewer installation, the output signal being indicative of a measured fluid level in the pressure sewer tank, and wherein the controller is not configured to determine a fluid level threshold;
• a memory accessible to the controller and arranged to store operation information pertaining to operation of the pressure sewer installation;
• and
• a wireless transceiver in communication with the controller to allow the controller to communicate with a remote server over a communications network;
• wherein the controller is configured to be controllable remotely by commands received from the remote server and wherein the controller is responsive to a command received from the remote server to replace the fluid level threshold stored in the memory with a changed fluid level, the fluid level threshold determined by the remote server and not pre-determined at the pump of the pressure sewer installation, wherein the command comprises the changed fluid level threshold;
• and
• wherein the pressure sewer installation further comprises the pump, the sensor and the pressure sewer tank.

A kit for a pressure sewer installation, the kit comprising:

• a pump control system comprising:
• a controller arranged to control supply of power to a pump of the pressure sewer installation, wherein the controller is arranged to receive an output signal from a sensor in a pressure sewer tank of the pressure sewer installation, the output signal being indicative of a measured fluid level in the pressure sewer tank, and wherein the controller is not configured to determine a fluid level threshold;
• a memory accessible to the controller and arranged to store operation information pertaining to operation of the pressure sewer installation;
• and
• a wireless transceiver in communication with the controller to allow the controller to communicate with a remote server over a communications network;
• wherein the controller is configured to be controllable remotely by commands received from the remote server and wherein the controller is responsive to a command received from the remote server to replace the fluid level threshold stored in the memory with a changed fluid level threshold, the fluid level threshold determined by the remote server and not pre-determined at the pump of the pressure sewer installation, wherein the command comprises the changed fluid level threshold;
• and wherein the kit further comprises the pump, the sensor and the pressure sewer tank.

A pressure sewer installation, comprising:

• a pressure sewer tank;
• a pump control system comprising:
• a controller arranged to control supply of power to a pump in the pressure sewer tank, wherein the controller is arranged to receive an output signal from a sensor in the pressure sewer tank, the output signal being indicative of a measured fluid level in the pressure sewer tank, and wherein the controller is not configured to determine a fluid level threshold;
• a memory accessible to the controller and arranged to store operation information pertaining to operation of the pressure sewer tank;
• and
• a wireless transceiver in communication with the controller to allow the controller to communicate with a remote server over a communications network;
• wherein the controller is configured to be controllable remotely by commands received from the remote server and wherein the controller is responsive to a command received from the remote server to replace a fluid level threshold stored in the memory with a changed fluid level threshold, the fluid level threshold determined by the remote server and not pre-determined at the pump of the pressure sewer installation, and wherein the command comprises the changed fluid level threshold.