Patent ID: 11860599
Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A method, comprising:
determining, via a power conditioner control system configured to electrically couple to a first backplane and a second backplane, to perform a diagnostic operation of a second converter electrically coupled to the second backplane, wherein a first converter is configured to supply a first output current to a load component electrically coupled to the first backplane via an ORing circuit configured to switch between a first power conditioner and a second power conditioner via the first backplane and the second backplane, respectively, and wherein the load component comprises the ORing circuit;
transmitting, via the power conditioner control system, a first control signal to the first power conditioner to cause the first converter to decrease a first output voltage in response to determining to perform the diagnostic operation;
receiving, via the power conditioner control system, a first indication of the first output current associated with the first backplane from the ORing circuit;
determining, via the power conditioner control system, a first difference between the first output current and a target output current;
determining, via the power conditioner control system, that the first difference is greater than or equal to a threshold amount of current; and
in response to the first difference being greater than or equal to the threshold amount of current, transmitting, via the power conditioner control system, a second control signal to the second power conditioner to sense a second output current associated with the second backplane.