Automatic remote acquisition system for determining the configuration of an installation
First Claim
1. A system for automatically remotely determining a configuration of an installation comprising a number of first devices, each comprising a number of first elementary units, and a number of second devices, each comprising a number of second elementary units, the first devices being of a different type than the second devices, the system comprising:
- a number of first passive transponders, each configured to store identification data of a corresponding first elementary unit;
a number of second passive transponders, each configured to store identification data of a corresponding second elementary unit;
a number of active transponders, each associated with a corresponding second device, and configured to store identification data of the second elementary units thereof;
a portable updating device operable to update identification data stored in an active transponder fitted to a second device with identification data stored in the second passive transponders fitted to the second elementary units of the second device;
a stationary transponder read/write system operable to automatically read identification data out from or write identification data in the first passive transponders and the active transponders;
a data gathering system coupled to the stationary transponder read/write system and operable to automatically gather identification data read out from the first passive transponders and the active transponders; and
a storage system coupled to the data gathering system to store the gathered identification data.
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Abstract
There is described an automatic remote acquisition system for determining the configuration of an installation having a number of devices, which are divided into standard devices grouped by cabinets, and into non-standard devices, and are each defined by a respective number of elementary units. The remote acquisition system has a number of passive transponders, each associated with a respective elementary unit to memorize respective identification data of the elementary unit; a number of active transponders, each associated with a respective non-standard device to memorize at least the identification data of the respective number of elementary units; and, for the passive transponders, a number of control units, each mounted in a respective cabinet to acquire the identification data, memorized in the respective passive transponders, of the elementary units of the standard devices in the cabinet.
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1. A system for automatically remotely determining a configuration of an installation comprising a number of first devices, each comprising a number of first elementary units, and a number of second devices, each comprising a number of second elementary units, the first devices being of a different type than the second devices, the system comprising:
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a number of first passive transponders, each configured to store identification data of a corresponding first elementary unit; a number of second passive transponders, each configured to store identification data of a corresponding second elementary unit; a number of active transponders, each associated with a corresponding second device, and configured to store identification data of the second elementary units thereof; a portable updating device operable to update identification data stored in an active transponder fitted to a second device with identification data stored in the second passive transponders fitted to the second elementary units of the second device; a stationary transponder read/write system operable to automatically read identification data out from or write identification data in the first passive transponders and the active transponders; a data gathering system coupled to the stationary transponder read/write system and operable to automatically gather identification data read out from the first passive transponders and the active transponders; and a storage system coupled to the data gathering system to store the gathered identification data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for automatically remotely determining a configuration of an installation comprising a number of first devices, each comprising a number of first elementary units, and a number of second devices, each comprising a number of second elementary units, the first devices being of a different type than the second devices, the system comprising:
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a number of first passive transponders configured to store identification data of a corresponding first elementary unit; a number of second passive transponders configured to store identification data of a corresponding second elementary unit; a number of active transponders associated with a corresponding second device and configured to store identification data of the second elementary units thereof; a portable updating device operable to update identification data stored in an active transponder fitted to a second device with identification data stored in the second passive transponders; a stationary transponder read/write system operable to automatically read identification data out from or write identification data in the first passive transponders and the active transponders; and a data gathering system coupled to the stationary transponder read/write system and operable to automatically gather identification data read out from the first passive transponders and the active transponders. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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