Patent ID: 6195243
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: H01H,H02H,Y02B,Y04S

Abstract:
In a circuit breaker system having one or more addressable circuit breakers, each having operating profiles stored in a memory therein and each coupled through a communication network with a central controller, a method for adaptively configuring the circuit breakers, comprising the steps of:downloading via the communication network to the central controller power line data sampled and stored by an addressed one of the circuit breakers;making a comparison of the power line data with historical power line data for the addressed circuit breaker stored in a memory of the central controller;analyzing the comparison to produce update power line data;selecting an operating profile for the addressed circuit breaker based on the update power line data;uploading via the communication network the operating profile selection for storage in the memory of the addressed circuit breaker; andrepeating the foregoing steps for a next one of the addressable circuit breakers coupled to the communication network.