System, device, and method for monitoring communication in a wind farm network
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1. A system for monitoring a status of communication in a wind farm network from a remote device, the system comprising:
- a first wind turbine comprising a first network node communicatively coupled to the wind farm network;
a server comprising;
a first communication interface communicatively coupled to the wind farm network and programmed to;
detect the first network node, wherein the first network node is stored in a collection of detected network nodes; and
determine a first connection status for the first network node in the collection of detected network nodes, the first connection status comprising a quantity of data transmitted by the first network node, a quantity of data received by the first network node, an elapsed time since the server became capable of communicating with the first network node, and a date and a time at which the server became capable of communicating with the first network node and indicating whether the server is capable of communicating with the first network node;
a second communication interface communicatively coupled to the remote device and configured to transmit a network state comprising the first connection status to the remote device; and
,a first processor operatively coupled to the first communication interface and the second communication interface; and
,a remote device configured to;
receive the network state from the server; and
display a graphical representation of the network state, wherein the graphical representation indicates whether the server is capable of communicating with the first network node.
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Abstract
A method for monitoring communication in a wind farm network. A server is attached to one or more network nodes in a wind farm network. The server determines whether it is capable of communicating with each of the network nodes and reports the results as a network state. A graphical representation of the network state may be displayed to a user.
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1. A system for monitoring a status of communication in a wind farm network from a remote device, the system comprising:
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a first wind turbine comprising a first network node communicatively coupled to the wind farm network; a server comprising; a first communication interface communicatively coupled to the wind farm network and programmed to; detect the first network node, wherein the first network node is stored in a collection of detected network nodes; and determine a first connection status for the first network node in the collection of detected network nodes, the first connection status comprising a quantity of data transmitted by the first network node, a quantity of data received by the first network node, an elapsed time since the server became capable of communicating with the first network node, and a date and a time at which the server became capable of communicating with the first network node and indicating whether the server is capable of communicating with the first network node; a second communication interface communicatively coupled to the remote device and configured to transmit a network state comprising the first connection status to the remote device; and
,a first processor operatively coupled to the first communication interface and the second communication interface; and
,a remote device configured to; receive the network state from the server; and display a graphical representation of the network state, wherein the graphical representation indicates whether the server is capable of communicating with the first network node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A device for displaying a network state of a wind farm network, the wind farm network comprising a server communicatively attached to a plurality of wind farm network nodes, the wind farm network state comprising a plurality of wind farm network node states, each of the plurality of wind farm network node states corresponding to a wind farm network node, each of the plurality of wind farm network node states comprising a link state, the device comprising:
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a communication interface communicatively attachable to the server and configured to receive the network state from the server; and
,a display device configured to; display a graphical representation of the plurality of wind farm network node states and a graphical representation of the link states associated with the plurality of wind farm network node states, wherein the link state associated with a wind farm network node state comprises a connection indicator having a value of connected if the server is capable of communicating with the wind farm network node corresponding to the link state, and having a value of disconnected if the server is not capable of communicating with the wind farm network node corresponding to the link state; and display connection details corresponding to a wind farm network node of the plurality of wind farm network nodes, the connection details including at least one of an elapsed time since the server became capable of communicating with the wind farm network node, and a date and a time at which the server became capable of communicating with the wind farm network node. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for presenting a communication status in a wind farm network, the wind farm network comprising a server and a plurality of network nodes, the method comprising:
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associating each network node of the plurality of network nodes with a position comprising a position of each network node relative to other network nodes of the plurality of network nodes; requesting the communication status from the server, the communication status comprising a plurality of connection indicators and a plurality of connection details, each of the plurality of connection indicators indicating whether the server is capable of communicating with a corresponding network node of the plurality of network nodes in the wind farm network; receiving the communication status from the server; and
,displaying on a display device a graphical representation of the communication status and connection details corresponding to a network node of the plurality of network nodes, the connection details including at least one of an elapsed time since the server became capable of communicating with the network node, and a date and a time at which the server became capable of communicating with the network node. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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