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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2000
Warren R. Germer, Hampton, NH (US);
Maurice J. Ouellette, North Berwick, MA (US);
Virginia H. Zinkowski, E. Kingston, NH (US);
Warren R. Germer, Hampton, NH (US);
Maurice J. Ouellette, North Berwick, MA (US);
Virginia H. Zinkowski, E. Kingston, NH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention, in one embodiment, is a method for input/output (I/O) board addressing and communications in an electronic electric meter having a microcomputer. The method includes steps of providing interchangeable I/O boards of an electronic electric meter with type identifiers; and determining, using a microcomputer of the meter and the type identifier of the I/O board, a type of interchangeable I/O board being utilized in the meter.