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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2019
Valmont Industries, Inc., Omaha, NE (US);
Mark Moeller, Valley, NE (US);
Tracy A. Thatcher, Gretna, NE (US);
Valmont Industries, Inc., Omaha, NE (US);
Abstract
A system and method for detecting and identifying power line carrier controlled devices within an irrigation system having a PLC BUS and a plurality of PLC powered devices. A preferred method includes: initializing a controller; transmitted an identification signal onto the PLC BUS; receiving the transmitted identification signal by a first powered device in the transmission line; recording the signal strength of the received identification signal by the first powered device; reducing the level of the received identification signal by a given increment; receiving the transmitted identification signal by a second powered device in the transmission line; recording the signal strength of the received identification signal by the second powered device; reducing the level of the received identification signal by a given increment; and receiving the transmitted identification signal at the controller.