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Monitoring and control of field electrical power equipment

  • US 20060155422A1
  • Filed: 12/18/2002
  • Published: 07/13/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system in connection with a power facility having at least one power element, the system for monitoring and/or controlling at least a portion of the power facility and comprising:

  • a field drop coupled to each element, the field drop for monitoring the element, reporting status data corresponding to the element, receiving control information for controlling the element, and in fact controlling such element based on such control information;

    a local area network (LAN) coupling each field drop to a hub;

    a data server operatively coupled to the hub of the LAN, the data server for receiving the status data from each field drop and taking any appropriate action necessary in response thereto, the data server also allowing a user to access any particular field drop of the system to read data for the corresponding element, and to issue control commands for the element to be carried out by the corresponding field drop.

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