Programmable demand register with two way communication through an optical port and external reading devices associated therewith
First Claim
1. A programmable demand register (PDR) for registering AC electric energy consumption by a load comprising:
- energy flow pick-up means;
optical scanning means including light emitting and light receiving sources, completion of light transmission therebetween being periodically interrupted by said energy flow pick-up means;
a transducer responsive to the transmit-non transmit mode of said optical scanner means to produce a binary code output which is directly related to electric energy consumption and which is stored in a first memory;
clock means producing real time data;
a second memory containing program control data;
bidrectional optical communciation port means,PDR data output means whereby, upon receipt of a signal, the data stored in said first memory is transmitted to a receiver external of the PDR; and
PDR data input means whereby the meter memories may, upon receipt of a proper password signal, be actuated.
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Abstract
A Programmable Demand Register (PDR™) which has a multi-function externally programmable time based measuring system is disclosed. An optical communication port is provided for bidirectional communication of data, said meter being capable of recordation of energy consumption in several different modes, according to the decision of the meter programmer. Meter programming is accomplished by means of any one of three separate devices, namely a Programmer/Reader (P/R) which is a sophisticated computerized device fully adapted to reprogram the PDR™ to function in any one or combination of modes as desired, to both receive and store data, and to output said data to a central billing recordation computer, and a billing period resetter (BPR) which is a battery powered device also adapted for two way communication, but limited to resetting the BPR as to data in the BPR memory, but not as to mode of operation of the BPR, and an inexpensive lightweight BPR-1 which also has two way communication capabilities, but limited to resetting the various meter functions, after insertion of a manually programmed password by the actuation of a series of switches.
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23 Claims
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1. A programmable demand register (PDR) for registering AC electric energy consumption by a load comprising:
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energy flow pick-up means; optical scanning means including light emitting and light receiving sources, completion of light transmission therebetween being periodically interrupted by said energy flow pick-up means; a transducer responsive to the transmit-non transmit mode of said optical scanner means to produce a binary code output which is directly related to electric energy consumption and which is stored in a first memory; clock means producing real time data; a second memory containing program control data; bidrectional optical communciation port means, PDR data output means whereby, upon receipt of a signal, the data stored in said first memory is transmitted to a receiver external of the PDR; and PDR data input means whereby the meter memories may, upon receipt of a proper password signal, be actuated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A programmable demand register (PDR) for registering AC electric energy consumption by a load comprising:
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energy flow pick-up means being responsive to the field created by the secondary coil of the PDR in the standard manner, the improvement comprising; secondary coil input impedance compensation means including, a bridge circuit connected so that, under stable voltage conditions, circuit current remains stable, and with voltage increase the circuit current also rises, and with voltage decrease the circuit current also decreases, and whereby all the three aforesaid conditions present the same input impedance to the said secordary coil; optical scanning means including light emitting and light receiving sources, completion of light transmission therebetween being periodically interrupted by said energy flow pick-up means; a transducer responsive to the transmit-non transmit mode of said optical scanner means to produce a binary code output which is directly related to electric energy consumption and which is stored in a first memory; clock means producing real time data; a second memory containing program control data; bidirectional optical communication port means; PDR data output means whereby, upon receipt of a signal, the data stored in said first memory is transmitted to a receiver external of the PDR; and PDR data input means whereby the meter memories may, upon receipt of a proper password signal, be actuated.
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