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Mixed-Mode Communication Between Devices in an Electrical Power System

  • US 20140280714A1
  • Filed: 03/15/2013
  • Published: 09/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for communicating between devices in an electric power system comprising:

  • a first intelligent electronic device (IED) configured to communicate according to a first communication protocol;

    a second IED configured to communicate according to a second communication protocol; and

    a network device communicatively coupled between the first IED and the second IED, the network device comprising;

    a communications interface configured to receive one or more first messages from the first IED according to the first communication protocol for transmission to the second IED; and

    a message reconfiguration system configured to;

    determine that the second IED is configured to communicate according to the second communication protocol, andreconfigure the one or more first messages received from the first IED according to the first communication protocol into one or more corresponding second messages according to the second protocol for transmission to the second IED,wherein the communications interface is further configured to transmit the one or more second messages to the second IED.

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