Patent ID: 11928975
Assignee: ENPHASE ENERGY, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  B  F  Y | IPC B  G  H

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processor perform a method for servicing distributed generators, comprising:
positioning an unmanned aerial vehicle into communicative range with at least one of a distributed generator comprising a plurality of components or a controller communicatively connected to the plurality of components; and
at least one of transmitting and receiving data relating to the plurality of components,
wherein, when transmitting or receiving data to or from the at least one of the plurality of components or the controller, the data is used for installing software patches on the plurality of components or installing new software on the plurality of components, and
wherein, when the plurality of components is a plurality of photovoltaic modules, receiving data comprises receiving information comprising photovoltaic module alignment information of the plurality of photovoltaic modules from at least one of the controller or directly from the plurality of photovoltaic modules via one of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or cellular network technology.