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Systems for in the field configuration of intelligent electronic devices

  • US 7,085,824 B2
  • Filed: 02/23/2001
  • Issued: 08/01/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of modifying the operation of an intelligent electronic device installed in the field, the method comprising:

  • operating the intelligent electronic device with a software configuration to monitor electrical energy;

    accessing a datafile of the intelligent electronic device with a virtual meter site via a network, wherein the datafile is stored external to the intelligent electronic device;

    verifying that a copy of the software configuration in the datafile matches the software configuration operable in the intelligent electron i.e. device;

    selecting modifications of the software configuration in the datafile with the virtual meter site; and

    revising the software configuration operable in the intelligent electronic device over the network with the virtual meter site as a function of the selected modifications of the software configuration in the datafile.

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