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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lisa E Rosner, East Windsor, CT (US);
Karanam Rajaiah, Bristol, CT (US);
Jonathan A Wolf, Middletown, CT (US);
Karl D Pedersen, Ansonia, CT (US);
Veronica Kertesz, Bristol, CT (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
710105 ;
Abstract
An interface monitor is connected with a LAN that is formatted with an RS-485 protocol and which is interconnected with a plurality of electrical distribution devices. The monitor includes a socket connection for receiving an RS-232 plug from a PC and software logic for interpreting between the RS-232 and RS-485 formats. The PC is enabled for communicating with each one of the electrical distribution devices.