Electric utility communication system with field installation terminal and load management terminal with remotely assignable unique address
March 29, 2002. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3818481 3911415 Distribution network powerline carrier communication system Distribution network power line communication system including addressable interrogation and response repeater Load management terminal having plural selectable address formats for a power line communication system Electrical load management system Programmable energy load controller system and methods Communications system with repeater stations System for controlling power distribution to customer loads Distribution automation system InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 06/363218 filed on 03/29/1982US Classes:700/295, Power allocation management (e.g., load adding/shedding)307/40, Code-controlled340/3.5, Including addressing340/514, Testing340/825.22, Program control340/870.02, With meter reading702/122Including specific communication meansExaminersPrimary: Groody, James J.Assistant: Heim, Michael F. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassH04B 3/54 (20060101)AbstractA powerline carrier communications system includes a plurality of types of load management terminals, each of which has a unique address, and a combination field configuration and test terminal which can be plugged into the load management terminals. The combination terminal is coupled to the powerline through the connection to the load management terminal and generates a separate set of test commands for each type of load management terminal, which are transmitted over the powerline for execution by the connected load management terminal. Some types of load management terminals include an INITIALIZATION ENABLE line which, when activated by the connected combination terminal, commands the load management terminal to accept and store an address value received over the powerline as its new unique address. | |
