System and method for remote monitoring of cathodic protection systems
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1. A system comprising:
- a remote telemetry device communicatively coupled to at least a portion of a cathodic protection system, the telemetry device programmable to communicate with a central station upon at least one of an alarm condition, a regular time interval, and a user request, the alarm condition comprising any measurement that is outside of a user defined range, the telemetry device incorporating a transmitter and a processor that includes non-volatile memory and programming code to control operation of the telemetry device;
a central station, responsive to the remote telemetry device, the central station including a central station computer server and software embedded therein to provide connection with a wide area network communications module, a database hosting module hosting a central database, and a notification module to issue alarm notification messages, the wide area network communications module to manage message traffic between a wide area communications network and the central database;
a central database to store and organize information communicated by the telemetry device; and
a computer network user interface that provides a user with remote access to the information stored at the central database.
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Abstract
A system and method for remote monitoring of a cathodic protection system are disclosed. In one embodiment of a system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure, a remote telemetry device may be communicatively coupled to at least one cathodic protection device operable to provide direct current to a metallic object, the telemetry device may be programmable to communicate with a central station, and the telemetry device may incorporate a transmitter and a processor. The processor may include memory and programming code to control operation of the telemetry device, and the transmitter may be operable to communicate information to a central station.
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1. A system comprising:
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a remote telemetry device communicatively coupled to at least a portion of a cathodic protection system, the telemetry device programmable to communicate with a central station upon at least one of an alarm condition, a regular time interval, and a user request, the alarm condition comprising any measurement that is outside of a user defined range, the telemetry device incorporating a transmitter and a processor that includes non-volatile memory and programming code to control operation of the telemetry device;
a central station, responsive to the remote telemetry device, the central station including a central station computer server and software embedded therein to provide connection with a wide area network communications module, a database hosting module hosting a central database, and a notification module to issue alarm notification messages, the wide area network communications module to manage message traffic between a wide area communications network and the central database;
a central database to store and organize information communicated by the telemetry device; and
a computer network user interface that provides a user with remote access to the information stored at the central database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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34. A system comprising:
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a remote telemetry device communicatively coupled to at least one cathodic protection device operable to provide direct current to a metallic object, the telemetry device programmable to communicate with a central station, the telemetry device incorporating a transmitter and a processor;
the processor including memory and programming code to control operation of the telemetry device; and
the transmitter operable to communicate information to a central station.
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43. A method of remote monitoring using a computer network, the method comprising:
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communicatively coupling a remote telemetry device to at least one cathodic protection device, the cathodic protection device operable to provide direct current to a metallic object in a corrosive environment; and
communicating information generated by the cathodic protection device to a central station with the remote telemetry device upon at least one of an alarm condition, a user request, and a regular time interval. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45)
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