Intelligent sensor open architecture for a container security system
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1. A method for providing an open standard wireless interface between a sensor control element and one or more sensors which are associated with a container during transit and which together form a monitoring network, the method comprising:
- programming a sensor element with a sensor configuration table containing sensor configuration data regarding at least one operating parameter of the sensor element;
transmitting a message from the sensor element to the sensor control element, wherein the message includes sensor configuration data;
transmitting a request from the sensor element to the sensor control requesting to be accepted into the monitoring network;
analyzing the sensor configuration data to determine whether the sensor element should be added to the monitoring network; and
transmitting a message from the sensor control element to the sensor element either confirming inclusion in the network or declining the request to join.
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Abstract
A system and method for interfacing with sensors using an open architecture and standards based approach is provided. A sensor controller located on each container and any variety of one or more sensors are equipped with complementary short range wireless communications devices. The sensor may adhere to a predefined interface specification such that it may be automatically commissioned into, and operation in conjunction with the sensor controller and the container security system.
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1. A method for providing an open standard wireless interface between a sensor control element and one or more sensors which are associated with a container during transit and which together form a monitoring network, the method comprising:
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programming a sensor element with a sensor configuration table containing sensor configuration data regarding at least one operating parameter of the sensor element; transmitting a message from the sensor element to the sensor control element, wherein the message includes sensor configuration data; transmitting a request from the sensor element to the sensor control requesting to be accepted into the monitoring network; analyzing the sensor configuration data to determine whether the sensor element should be added to the monitoring network; and transmitting a message from the sensor control element to the sensor element either confirming inclusion in the network or declining the request to join. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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