Patent ID: 9310784
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G05B,H04L,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A data center comprising: a control device configured to monitor temperatures of one or more devices in the data center; a sensor control board that is operatively connected to the control device; a device enclosure for the one or more devices; and a plurality of sensor boards disposed within the device enclosure and connected to the sensor control board, the sensor boards in the plurality being connected in series to one another using a single run of cable; wherein the sensor control board is configured to receive temperature readings from the plurality of sensor boards and forward those readings to the control device; and wherein, during registration of the plurality of sensor boards, only one of the plurality of sensor boards is in an ON state at a time, the only one of the plurality of sensor boards in the ON state being enabled by a signal from an immediately preceding sensor board of the plurality of sensor boards through the single run of cable, and the only one of the plurality of sensor boards being configured to supply a registration number only to the immediately preceding sensor board.