Methods and apparatus for updating firmware in an electronic electricity meter
    1.
    发明授权
    Methods and apparatus for updating firmware in an electronic electricity meter 失效
    用于更新电子电表中固件的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07065457B1

    公开(公告)日:2006-06-20

    申请号:US09606554

    申请日:2000-06-29

    IPC分类号: G01R19/00

    CPC分类号: G01R21/133

    摘要: The present invention, in one embodiment, is a method for operating an electronic electric meter having current and voltage sensors configured to generate measurements of current and voltage, respectively; a microcomputer coupled to the current and voltage sensors and having on-chip masked read only memory (ROM); and a nonvolatile, alterable memory coupled to the microcomputer. The method includes steps of: storing vectors pointing to program portions of the ROM in the non-volatile memory; and using the stored vectors to operate the microcomputer to execute the program portions stored in the ROM to control operation of the meter.

    摘要翻译: 本发明在一个实施例中是一种用于操作电子电表的方法,该电子电表具有分别产生电流和电压测量值的电流和电压传感器; 耦合到电流和电压传感器并具有片上掩蔽的只读存储器(ROM)的微型计算机; 以及耦合到微型计算机的非易失性可变存储器。 该方法包括以下步骤:将指向ROM的程序部分的向量存储在非易失性存储器中; 并使用存储的矢量来操作微型计算机以执行存储在ROM中的程序部分,以控制仪表的操作。

    Methods and apparatus for meter I/O board addressing and communication
    5.
    发明授权
    Methods and apparatus for meter I/O board addressing and communication 失效
    仪表I / O板寻址和通信的方法和设备

    公开(公告)号:US06889271B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-05-03

    申请号:US09606883

    申请日:2000-06-29

    IPC分类号: G01D4/00 G06F13/14

    摘要: The present invention, in one embodiment, is a method for input/output (I/O) board addressing and communications in an electronic electric meter having a microcomputer. The method includes steps of providing interchangeable I/O boards of an electronic electric meter with type identifiers; and determining, using a microcomputer of the meter and the type identifier of the I/O board, a type of interchangeable I/O board being utilized in the meter.

    摘要翻译: 本发明在一个实施例中是一种用于具有微计算机的电子电表中的输入/输出(I / O)板寻址和通信的方法。 该方法包括以下步骤:提供具有类型标识符的电子电表的可互换I / O板; 并且使用仪表的微计算机和I / O板的类型标识符来确定在仪表中使用的一种可互换的I / O板。

    Methods and apparatus for defining meter data calculations in an electronic electricity meter
    6.
    发明授权
    Methods and apparatus for defining meter data calculations in an electronic electricity meter 有权
    用于在电子电表中定义仪表数据计算的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06564159B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-05-13

    申请号:US09606270

    申请日:2000-06-29

    IPC分类号: G01R2100

    CPC分类号: G01R22/00 G01R21/133

    摘要: The present invention, in one embodiment, is a method for defining meter data calculations in an electronic electric meter. The method includes steps of: storing a set of predefined data calculation instructions in a non-volatile memory of the meter; storing a first set of vectors in a memory of the meter, the vectors pointing to data calculations of the set of predefined data calculation instructions; metering a plurality of electrical quantities of a power source; and controlling calculations performed on the metered electrical quantities in accordance with the data calculation instructions pointed to by the first stored set of vectors.

    摘要翻译: 本发明在一个实施例中是用于在电子电表中定义仪表数据计算的方法。 该方法包括以下步骤:将一组预定义的数据计算指令存储在仪表的非易失性存储器中; 将第一组矢量存储在所述仪表的存储器中,所述矢量指向所述一组预定义数据计算指令的数据计算; 计量多个电量的电源; 以及根据由第一组存储的矢量指向的数据计算指令来控制对计量的电量执行的计算。

    Electrical metering device and associated method for temporarily storing
data during transmission of the data to a remote communications device
    7.
    发明授权
    Electrical metering device and associated method for temporarily storing data during transmission of the data to a remote communications device 失效
    电计量装置和用于在将数据传输到远程通信装置期间临时存储数据的相关方法

    公开(公告)号:US5477216A

    公开(公告)日:1995-12-19

    申请号:US968959

    申请日:1992-10-30

    IPC分类号: H02J13/00 G08B23/00

    摘要: In one embodiment, the present invention is an algorithm implemented in a microprocessor-controlled system which, for example, is disposed within an energy meter housing. Particularly, the microprocessor is coupled to a communications interface which receives and transmits messages on a power line or some other external communications media. Upon receipt of a message, the commands contained in the message are read. If a command corresponds to a "buffer and lock" command, then a timer operated by the microprocessor starts to run. For example, if data to be retrieved from the system is data which is erased from system memory when read therefrom, just prior to reading such data, a buffer and lock command is transmitted by the external communication device. Upon receipt of such command, the microprocessor initiates running of a timer and the data is read from the meter. The data also is copied to a buffer, e.g., a RAM memory location. If the data is "lost" during transmission, and as long as the timer is running, the data can be copied from the designated buffer and re-transmitted. In this manner, data normally not saved in a meter subsequent to a read operation is saved and, if necessary, re-transmitted.

    摘要翻译: 在一个实施例中,本发明是在微处理器控制的系统中实现的算法,其例如设置在能量计壳体内。 特别地,微处理器耦合到通信接口,其在电力线或一些其它外部通信介质上接收和发送消息。 收到消息后,读取消息中包含的命令。 如果命令对应于“缓冲和锁定”命令,则由微处理器运行的定时器开始运行。 例如,如果要从系统检索的数据是从系统存储器读取的数据,则在读取这些数据之前,由外部通信设备发送缓冲器和锁定命令。 在接收到这样的命令时,微处理器启动定时器的运行,并且从仪表读取数据。 数据也被复制到缓冲器,例如RAM存储器位置。 如果在传输期间数据“丢失”,并且只要定时器正在运行,数据可以从指定的缓冲区复制并重新发送。 以这种方式,保存在读取操作之后通常不保存在计量表中的数据,并且如果需要的话重新发送。

    Methods and apparatus for controlling data flow in electricity meter
    8.
    发明授权
    Methods and apparatus for controlling data flow in electricity meter 有权
    电表数据流控制方法及装置

    公开(公告)号:US06459258B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-10-01

    申请号:US09606881

    申请日:2000-06-29

    IPC分类号: G01R700

    CPC分类号: G01R22/00

    摘要: The present invention, in one embodiment, is a method for controlling data flow in an electronic electric meter. The method includes steps of measuring current and voltage of a power source; determining a set of internal quantities using the measured current and voltage; using the set of internal quantities in conjunction with a set of functions to determine measurement profile quantities; and storing the determined measurement profile quantities in registers within the meter.

    摘要翻译: 本发明在一个实施例中是一种用于控制电子电表中的数据流的方法。 该方法包括测量电源的电流和电压的步骤; 使用测量的电流和电压确定一组内部量; 结合一组功能使用该组内部数量来确定测量曲线数量; 以及将所确定的测量曲线数据存储在所述仪表内的寄存器中。

    Auto-ranging in electric watthour meter
    9.
    发明授权
    Auto-ranging in electric watthour meter 失效
    自动测量电度表

    公开(公告)号:US4761606A

    公开(公告)日:1988-08-02

    申请号:US944029

    申请日:1986-12-22

    CPC分类号: G01R15/09 G01R21/133

    摘要: An auto-ranging circuit for an electronic watthour meter employs high- and low-range sources for increasing the dynamic range over which satisfactory measurement accuracy can be maintained. A counter, having a capacity equal to the ratio of high-range to low-range is interposed in the output during use of the low-range source so that output pulses have the same energy-consumption significance at all time. At transition from low-range to high-range, any residue in the counter, representing energy consumed but not yet recognized by the generation of an output pulse, is preset into an integrator of the electronic watthour meter for reducing correspondingly the amount of energy consumption required to produce an output pulse in the first measurement cycle following the low- to high-range transition.

    摘要翻译: 用于电子电度表的自动测距电路采用高低频源来增加可以保持令人满意的测量精度的动态范围。 在低范围源的使用期间,具有等于高范围与低范围的比率的计数器插入输出,使得输出脉冲始终具有相同的能量消耗意义。 在从低范围转换到高范围的情况下,计数器中的任何残留物,表示消耗的能量但尚未被生成输出脉冲所识别的残留物被预设为电子电度表的积分器,用于相应地减少能量消耗量 需要在低到高范围转换之后的第一测量周期中产生输出脉冲。

    Battery backup installation for electric meter
    10.
    发明授权
    Battery backup installation for electric meter 失效
    电表的电池备用安装

    公开(公告)号:US4713609A

    公开(公告)日:1987-12-15

    申请号:US772701

    申请日:1985-09-05

    CPC分类号: G01R11/02 Y10T307/625

    摘要: A battery backup installation for a time of use register for an electric meter is mounted within a case of the electric meter. The case includes a hatch which permits removal and replacement of the battery without requiring removal of the case from the meter. In one embodiment, the battery is installed in a battery clip on the face plate of the meter where it is accessible through the hatch. An extra length of wires from the battery permits the battery, and its mating connectors, to be withdrawn through the hatch for replacement thereof. In a second embodiment of the invention, the battery is captured in a door of the hatch and is withdrawn from the meter by the action of opening the hatch. In this embodiment, the hatch may be hinged or not hinged. Battery replacement is facilitated while the electronic register module is separated from line-supplied power. An auxiliary battery provides an auxiliary source of backup power during batterychange.

    摘要翻译: 在电表的外壳内安装有用于电表的使用时间寄存器的电池备用安装。 该情况包括一个允许电池拆卸和更换的舱口,而不需要从电表中取出外壳。 在一个实施例中,电池被安装在电表的面板上的电池夹中,其可通过舱口接近。 来自电池的额外长度的电线允许电池及其配合连接器通过舱口排出以便更换。 在本发明的第二实施例中,电池被捕获在舱门的门中,并且通过打开舱口的动作从电表中取出。 在该实施例中,舱口可铰接或不铰接。 当电子寄存器模块与线路供电电源分离时,便于更换电池。 辅助电池在电池更换期间提供辅助电源。