Electrical control system configuration method and apparatus
First Claim
1. A method for configuring an electrical system including a plurality of programmable devices, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a configurator adapted to reference a database of device data including data representative of the programmable devices within the system;
assembling the plurality of programmable devices into the system;
placing the programmable devices in communication with the configurator; and
transferring portions of the database to each programmable device via the configurator, a portion of the database transferred to each programmable device being unique to the respective device.
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Abstract
A technique for configuring programmable, networked electrical components of a system includes downloading data into each component from a configurator, based upon a database for the system. The components include memory objects which are designed to store data descriptive of the system, the component, the component location in the system, and the component configuration. The configurator may load the information prior to, during or following assembly of the components in the system. The configurator may also modify system and component configurations following installation of the system by modifying the data downloaded into the individual components.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for configuring an electrical system including a plurality of programmable devices, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a configurator adapted to reference a database of device data including data representative of the programmable devices within the system;
assembling the plurality of programmable devices into the system;
placing the programmable devices in communication with the configurator; and
transferring portions of the database to each programmable device via the configurator, a portion of the database transferred to each programmable device being unique to the respective device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for configuring a motor control center, the method comprising the steps of:
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defining a database for the motor control center including component-specific data representative of programmable electrical components comprising the motor control center;
assembling the components into the system;
placing the assembled components in communication with a configurator, the configurator having access to at least a portion of the component data of the database;
transferring component-specific data from the configurator to respective programmable components; and
storing the transferred component-specific data in memory of each respective programmable component. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for programming a motor control center (MCC), the method comprising the steps of:
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defining a database including entries representative of programmable components of the MCC;
assembling the programmable components into predetermined locations in the MCC;
downloading into the programmable components respective entries from the database, the entries including data representative of a component designation and a component location; and
coupling the components to a data network for access of the downloaded entries. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for configuring networked programmable electrical components, the system comprising:
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a database including data representative of function and location of a plurality of programmable electrical components in an installation; and
a configurator adapted to select data pertaining to one of the plurality of programmable electrical components from the database and to transmit the function and location data to a respective programmable electrical component. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system for programming components of a motor control center (MCC), the system comprising:
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a plurality of programmable MCC components;
a database including data representative of functions of the components and locations of the components in the MCC; and
a configurator adapted to access data from the database, to be coupled the plurality of components, and to transmit to the components respective data entries representative of the functions and locations of the components in the MCC. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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