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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1999
George Auther Spencer, Plano, TX (US);
LeRoy Blanton, Garland, TX (US);
Henry Clunn, Richardson, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
A load center monitor (,) is disclosed for monitoring and analyzing data gathered by electronic circuit breakers (,) in a power distribution system and communicated to the load center monitor (,) via a network (,) coupling the load center monitor (,) and the circuit breakers (,) together. The load center monitor (,) includes a first communication port (,) for communicating with the circuit breakers (,), a second communication port (,or,) for communicating with an external device and third communication port (,) for providing diagnostic information. The load center monitor (,) further includes audible (,) and visible (,) annunciators for providing alarm or status indications. A processor (,), coupled to the communication ports and to a memory (,) having a real-time clock for time stamping data provides monitoring, control, analysis and data generating capability in the load center monitor (,).