Patent ID: 11934169
Assignee: SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABORATORIES, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A configurable binary circuit for use in an electrical power system, comprising:
an input/output port to at least one of receive a binary signal input as an input port or transmit a binary signal output as an output port;
a binary input subsystem for receiving the binary signal input via the input/output port operating as the input port;
a binary output subsystem for transmitting the binary signal output via the input/output port operating as the output port;
a switch subsystem for selecting one of the binary input subsystem or the binary output subsystem for operation such that the configurable binary circuit operates as either a binary input circuit when the binary input subsystem is selected or a binary output circuit when the binary output subsystem is selected; and
another configurable binary circuit with another input/output port;
wherein one lead of the input/output port comprises a common terminal with a lead of the another input/output port of the another configurable binary circuit.