MULTI-DEVICE CONNECTIONS FOR INPUT/OUTPUT (I/O) TERMINALS

    公开(公告)号:US20200278652A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-03

    申请号:US16288557

    申请日:2019-02-28

    Abstract: An apparatus includes multiple circuit paths configured to generate multiple electrical signals to be used to communicate with multiple devices. Each of the circuit paths is configured to use electrical energy from a different one of multiple independent power supplies. The apparatus also includes an I/O terminal configured to be coupled to a common electrical conductor that is coupled to the multiple devices. The I/O terminal is configured to pass the electrical signals to the common electrical conductor. The apparatus is configured to use each of the electrical signals to one of: receive input data from one of the multiple devices or provide output data to one of the multiple devices.

    Flexible redundant input/output (I/O) schemes for I/O channels

    公开(公告)号:US10579558B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-03

    申请号:US16293944

    申请日:2019-03-06

    Abstract: A redundancy termination panel includes first and second interfaces configured to be coupled to first and second I/O modules, respectively. The redundancy termination panel also includes a third interface configured to be coupled to a field device. The redundancy termination panel further includes an I/O channel circuit associated with an I/O channel between the I/O modules and the field device. The I/O channel circuit is configured to allow an input current used for receiving data from the field device to be split such that different portions of the input current are sourced by different ones of the I/O modules. The I/O channel circuit is also configured to combine multiple currents driven by different ones of the I/O modules and provide an output current used for sending data to the field device.

    Classification of magnet tampering conditions on a metering device

    公开(公告)号:US11650234B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-16

    申请号:US17387948

    申请日:2021-07-28

    CPC classification number: G01R22/066

    Abstract: A method and system for detecting tampering of an energy meter can involve, in a first phase: gathering magnetic field sample data, an average magnetic field strength, a minimum magnetic field strength, and a maximum magnetic field strength from a magnetic field condition applied to an energy meter by a magnetic sensor that measures a magnetic field in one or more directions, and using learning coefficients calculated from the magnetic field sample data and the average magnetic field strength, the minimum magnetic field strength, and the maximum magnetic field strength to classify with a classifier, magnet tampering conditions with respect to the energy meter. In a second phase, a magnet tamper event can be identified with respect to the energy meter when the magnet tampering condition classified by the classifier is greater than a magnetic detection threshold.

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