METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CASCADING PEER-TO-PEER CONFIGURATION OF LARGE SYSTEMS OF IEDS
First Claim
1. A configurable monitoring system comprising:
- at least one network;
a plurality of configurable intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) coupled to the at least one network, at least a first configurable IED being a seed IED having a peer-to-peer relationship with a second IED;
a configuration management system (CMS) coupled to the at least one network, the CMS including a storage device storing a master list of configurations of the IEDs and their associated configuration information for each of the plurality of configurable IEDs on the at least one network, wherein the CMS sends at least some part of new configuration information to the first seed IED and the at least some part of the new configuration information is transferred between the first seed IED and the at least one other second IED.
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Abstract
A method and system of efficiently distributing configuration information for IEDs across one or more networks in an electrical monitoring system is disclosed. Changing configuration information is managed by a configuration management system. The IEDs in the network or networks are organized in peer relationships, each peer relationship having at least one seed IED. The configuration information is loaded to the seed IED or seed IEDs which make the configuration parameter available to other IEDs in a peer relationship with the seed IED. The other IEDs may in turn become seed IEDs for other IEDs. The configuration information therefore cascades throughout the network without further communication between the configuration management system and the selected IEDs.
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1. A configurable monitoring system comprising:
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at least one network; a plurality of configurable intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) coupled to the at least one network, at least a first configurable IED being a seed IED having a peer-to-peer relationship with a second IED; a configuration management system (CMS) coupled to the at least one network, the CMS including a storage device storing a master list of configurations of the IEDs and their associated configuration information for each of the plurality of configurable IEDs on the at least one network, wherein the CMS sends at least some part of new configuration information to the first seed IED and the at least some part of the new configuration information is transferred between the first seed IED and the at least one other second IED. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of configuring IEDs in a network via a configuration management system (CMS), the method comprising:
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establishing a peer-to-peer relationship between at least a first and a second IED of a plurality of IEDs, including designating at least one first seed IED and one second peer IED respectively in the relationship; alerting at least two of the IEDs of a change in configuration; distributing at least some part of new configuration information from the CMS to the seed IED; and establishing a peer-to-peer communication to the seed IED to transfer the at least some part of new configuration information to the peer IED. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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