Siemens Industry, Inc.

Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.

Siemens Ndustry, Inc.

Ravikumar Balasubramaniam

Seshagiri Rao Marellapudi

David M Williams

John DeBoer

Paul J Terricciano

Harry Price Haas

William Anthony King, Jr

Celia Dayagi

Jason Martin

Sesha Devastate Yeruva

Scott Knarich

Steven Six

A network-based energy management system of managing electric vehicle (EV) charging network infrastructure is provided. The system comprises a gateway including one or more of an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), a building automation system and any other independent controller. The gateway is configured for performing charging authorization, load management and/or demand response on an EVSE network using more than one communication channels including remote and/or local modes. The EVSE network includes two or more components from a group of components including a first EVSE, a controller, a second EVSE, the building automation system, a local server, a remote server and other energy management device.

Network-based energy management of electric vehicle (EV) charging network infrastructure

An electrical distribution system for selectively connecting an electrical power source to load devices comprises a plurality of panels. Each panel comprises a plurality of load control devices each for connection in a branch circuit to a load device, and an input/output (I/O) controller operatively connected to each of the load control devices for controlling operation of the load control devices. The I/O controller includes a communication port. A programmed system controller is provided for commanding operation of the I/O controllers and includes a communication port. A bus operatively connects the I/O controller communication ports to the system controller communication port. The programmed system controller implements a communication program using a protocol establishing communications on the bus, the protocol including a layer stack translating between logical messages and physical messages for communication on the bus, wherein each layer generates its own thread and communicates to other layers via objects passed in queues to adjacent layers.

EIB protocol in an integrated power distribution system

An electrical distribution system is provided for selectively connecting an electrical power source to load devices, comprising a panelboard having load circuit positions. A remote operated device is mountable in the panelboard comprising a load control device, a programmed controller for operating the load control device and a communication circuit. An input/output (I/O) controller is mounted in the panelboard for controlling operation of the remote operated device, the I/O controller comprising a programmed controller, and a communication circuit for communication with the remote operated device communication circuit. The communication circuits are adapted to communicate using an asynchronous communication protocol comprising transfer of data in two directions.

Reliable asynchronous serial protocol between remote operated devices and input/output controller

In accordance with the invention a configurable electrical distribution system is provided for selectively connecting an electrical power source to load devices. The system comprises a panel and a plurality of switching devices mounted in the panel, each switching device for connection in a branch circuit to a load device for selectively delivering electrical power to the load device. A panel controller is mounted in the panel and is operatively connected to each of the switching devices. The panel controller comprises a programmed controller for controlling operation of the switching devices and a panel memory connected to the programmed controller storing configuration data relating to operation of the switching devices. A port is provided for operatively connecting an external memory device to the programmed controller. A user interface is operatively associated with the programmed controller to transfer configuration data between the external memory device and the panel memory.

Offline configuration using USB download in an integrated power distribution system

An electrical distribution system includes a database manager using a query stack, comprising a panel with a plurality of remote operated devices mounted in the panel. Each remote operated device is for connection in a branch circuit to a load device. A panel controller is operatively connected to each of the remote operated devices. The panel controller comprises a programmed controller for controlling operation of the remote operated devices. A database is operatively associated with the programmed controller storing configuration data relating to operation of the remote operated devices. The panel controller is programmed to implement a database manager for accessing data in the database responsive to requests of the programmed controller, comprising storing a cache of data queries and responsive to a received request for data determining if a query relating to the received request is stored in the cache and returning the stored query, and operating the returned query to access data in the database.

System controller database manager with query stacking and caching for electrical distribution system

A dynamically configurable electrical distribution system is provided for selectively connecting an electrical power source to load devices. The system comprises an electrical distribution panel and a plurality of switching devices mounted in the panel each electrically connected between an electrical power source and an associated load device for selectively delivering electrical power to the associated load device. A control system is mounted to the panel for controlling operation of the switching devices. The control system comprises a programmed controller for commanding operation of the switching devices. A memory stores configuration information relating to operation of the switching devices. The control system further comprises a user interface device. The program controller is programmed to implement a configuration routine enabling a user to define operation of the switching devices using the user interface. The configuration routine requests basic information to be entered by the user and responsive to the basic system information entered by the user automatically requests only detailed operation information required based on the entered basic system information.

Dynamic setup wizard in lighting control system commissioning

An electrical distribution system for selectively connecting an electrical power source to a load device uses astronomical calculations. The system comprises a switching device electrically connected between an electrical power source and a load device for selectively delivering electrical power to the load device. A control system controls operation of the switching device. The control system comprises a programmed controller for commanding operation of the switching device in accordance with a scheduling routine stored in a memory. The scheduling routine enables control of the switching device based on sunrise and sunset time. The memory further comprises a database of a plurality of geographic locations and coordinate information for the plurality of geographic locations. The control system further comprises a setup routine comprising a user interface enabling a user to select one of the plurality of geographic locations and a manager routine automatically determining sunrise and sunset times using the coordinate information for the selected geographic location and providing the sunrise and sunset times to the scheduling routine.

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Alpharetta, GA, United States of America

Ravikumar Balasubramaniam