Remote battery monitoring systems and sensors
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1. A remote battery monitoring system for monitoring the health and/or status of a plurality of batteries arranged in a battery string, the system comprising:
- a plurality of telesensors, each telesensor connected to a battery in the battery string;
a control and collection unit wirelessly coupled to the plurality of telesensors;
wherein each telesenor is configured measure battery data representing the health and/or status of the battery to which it is connected and to wirelessly transmit the battery data to the control and collection unit; and
wherein the control and collection unit is configured to receive and process the battery data from the plurality telesensors.
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Abstract
A remote battery monitoring system and sensors are disclosed in which a plurality of telesensors are connected to batteries in a battery string. The telesensor measure battery data such as voltage, current, and temperature and wirelessly transmit the battery data to a control and collection unit. The control and collection unit receives, processes, analyzes, and stores the battery data. Remote monitoring software running on the control and collection unit can be configured to provide warning alarms when the battery data is outside present limits.
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1. A remote battery monitoring system for monitoring the health and/or status of a plurality of batteries arranged in a battery string, the system comprising:
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a plurality of telesensors, each telesensor connected to a battery in the battery string;
a control and collection unit wirelessly coupled to the plurality of telesensors;
wherein each telesenor is configured measure battery data representing the health and/or status of the battery to which it is connected and to wirelessly transmit the battery data to the control and collection unit; and
wherein the control and collection unit is configured to receive and process the battery data from the plurality telesensors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A telesensor for measuring the health and/or status of a battery, the telesensor comprising:
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an analog interface circuit for receiving analog inputs from a battery and converting the analog inputs into digital signals;
a processor connected to the analog interface circuit for receiving the digital signals from the analog interface circuit and for processing data encoded in the digital signals into battery data;
a radio connected to the processor for receiving the battery data from the processor and for wirelessly transmitting the battery data to a remote unit. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for initializing and controlling operation of a telesensor configured to measure the health and/or status of a battery, the method comprising the steps of:
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loading default initialization parameters into the telesensor;
determining a unique ID for the telesensor;
conducting a telesensor self test;
determining whether the telesensor has received a serial port configuration signal;
determining whether the telesensor is a master or slave telesensor;
loading telesensor specific configuration parameters into the telesensor. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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