Toshiba International Corporation

Stephen A Hallacy

Jigarkumar Lakshmanbhai Patel

David Westmoreland

The presently disclosed embodiments are directed to an improved communication system that may have a plurality of control board modules and a display. The object of the disclosure is to transfer critical communication from the critical communication channel to the non-critical communication channel in the event of communication failure in the critical communication channel. Another object of the disclosure is to share data transfer between communication channels in order to manage bandwidth and system reliability.

Redundant communication system to increase operational reliability

In accordance with presently disclosed embodiments, uninterruptable power supplies and a method for detecting power failures for a UPS are provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises: detecting at least a portion of a waveform of a primary power input of an uninterruptable power supply; calculating at least one of a detected voltage value and a detected current value, based, at least in part, on the detected waveform by calculating at least one of a root mean square, an average, or a summation of the detected waveform; and transferring the uninterruptable power supply to a secondary power input in response to at least one of the following conditions: the detected voltage value is lower than a minimum threshold voltage value, the detected voltage value is higher than a maximum threshold voltage, or the detected current value is higher than an over current value.

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Stephen A Hallacy