Remote meter monitoring and control system
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1. A distributed automated system for monitoring, control, or both of a device, comprising:
- a centralized automated server (CAS);
one or more local automated servers (LAS) in data communication with the CAS, each LAS including a microprocessor and memory configured to analyze data provided thereto;
one or more intelligent nodes remote from each LAS;
a module associated with each intelligent node, the module being in communication with said node, the module interfacing with the device and providing data from the device to the LAS via a respective node; and
software executing on each of the CAS and the LAS, the software configured to store and process information from each node at one or more of the LAS and the CAS and to selectively execute a local control operation on the device via communication through the respective module and node.
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Abstract
An automated server based system for monitoring, reading, controlling as well as switching gases, liquids and electric power is provided for use in remote Automated Meter Reading (AMR) industry for water, gas and electric power utilities, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA); Security, Safety and Fire Alarm Systems (SSFA) and Home and Industrial Automation (HIA), in connection with appliances and equipment of all kinds.
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1. A distributed automated system for monitoring, control, or both of a device, comprising:
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a centralized automated server (CAS);
one or more local automated servers (LAS) in data communication with the CAS, each LAS including a microprocessor and memory configured to analyze data provided thereto;
one or more intelligent nodes remote from each LAS;
a module associated with each intelligent node, the module being in communication with said node, the module interfacing with the device and providing data from the device to the LAS via a respective node; and
software executing on each of the CAS and the LAS, the software configured to store and process information from each node at one or more of the LAS and the CAS and to selectively execute a local control operation on the device via communication through the respective module and node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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