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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2017
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Lathom Alexander Louco, Salem, VA (US);
Jeffrey Marcel Kubascik, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Shawn Alan Morgan, Goshen, KY (US);
Lucas Ray Mallory, Louisville, KY (US);
Craig Benjamin Williams, Louisville, KY (US);
AAB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
A method of operating an electrical power distribution system including circuit protection devices is disclosed. Each circuit protection device includes a network interface, a processor, and a memory device. The method includes transmitting, by each device of the plurality of circuit protection devices, a network communication signal to the communication network. An approximate physical distance between the circuit protection devices is determined based at least in part on a characteristic of the network communication signals. A maintenance mode of each circuit protection device of a subset of the circuit protection devices is enabled in response to enablement of a maintenance mode of one circuit protection device of the plurality of circuit protection devices. The subset of the circuit protection devices is determined at least in part by the approximate physical distance of the circuit protection devices from the maintenance mode enabled one circuit protection device.