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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2013
Schneider Electric Usa, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Jeremy D. Schroeder, Urbana, IA (US);
Robert B. Isaacson, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Timothy J. Watts, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC., Andover, MA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus () and method are provided for translating diagnostic information provided by a circuit protective device, such as a circuit breaker, to a graphic display format. The apparatus and method monitor through a sensor () a trip sequence implemented by the circuit protective device as a function of time during a read out operation to indicate a type of fault condition from a plurality of fault conditions for a prior occurrence of a trip event or diagnostic information. The apparatus and method then determine a time period of the monitored trip sequence, and determine the type of fault condition based on the determined time period. Information concerning the determined type of fault condition is outputted.