Patent ID: 6222448
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
A switchgear cabinet comprising: a switchgear cabinet with panels for forming an enclosed cabinet; a central control device (6) for monitoring and controlling at least one of a plurality of built-in or attached units, or both, (2.1 to 2.6, 5.1 to 5.3) that control operational conditions of the switchgear cabinet in a predeterminable manner, the central control device (6) having a plurality of components (6.1 to 6.5) of a programmable personal computer, the components having a plurality of predeterminable programs for at least one of monitoring, controlling and regulating the central control device (6);the components (6.1 to 6.5) comprising a microprocessor (6.1), a personal computer operating system and a command processor (6.2) compatible with the microprocessor (6.1) and a plurality of driver units (6.3, 6.4, 6.5);the central control device (6) having an application program element (6.6) for the monitoring, controlling and regulating of data for control of the operational conditions of the switchgear cabinet;the components (6.1 to 6.5) having a connection for an independent personal computer; andthe driver units (6.3, 6.4, 6.5) having an input/output driver (6.3), through which a plurality of sensors (1.1 to 1.9) are interrogated for obtaining the operational conditions of the switchgear cabinet, a driver for a serial interface (6.4) through which a plurality of peripheral devices are connected, and a network driver (6.5) through which the control device (6) is connected to a data bus.