UPS system with improved network communications
First Claim
1. A system of UPS units, at least some of said units being connected to provide power to respective loads, and a network for providing communication of data among said UPSs, wherein each said UPS comprises network interface means for interfacing with said network, said network interface means further comprising processor means for processing data and control signal generating means for generating control signals and connecting same to said network, said at least some of said UPSs each comprising load interface means for controlling a load connected thereto in accordance with control signals received from said network.
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Abstract
A system of one or more UPS units, each UPS unit having distributed processing apparatus and a network interface for interfacing with a local area network, the network providing a communication between the one or more UPS devices and also to loads powered by such UPS devices. In one embodiment having a plurality of UPSs, one of the UPSs is a main upstream UPS which is in communication with each down stream UPS to which it supplies supplemental power and which in turn supply power to respective loads. In another embodiment the UPS supplies power to a plurality of prioritized loads, and is in communication with each such load over a network and also controls power distribution to each such load through a PDM.
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- 1. A system of UPS units, at least some of said units being connected to provide power to respective loads, and a network for providing communication of data among said UPSs, wherein each said UPS comprises network interface means for interfacing with said network, said network interface means further comprising processor means for processing data and control signal generating means for generating control signals and connecting same to said network, said at least some of said UPSs each comprising load interface means for controlling a load connected thereto in accordance with control signals received from said network.
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