Patent ID: 8487634

Claim:
A remotely controllable, condition sensing wire-device installable in an electric power line, for measuring an electrical property of said electric power line, said condition sensing wire-device comprising: a current-carrying electrical appliance wiring-device, the appliance wiring-device having a locally controlled maker/breaker means for opening and closing said electric power line; a management node, the management node including: a control mechanism having a remotely controllable maker/breaker means separate from the locally controlled maker/breaker means of the electrical wiring-device, the remotely controllable maker/breaker means for controlling the condition of the control mechanism, in response to a internal device signal from a communications circuit; a sensing circuit in electrical communication with said electric power line and the control mechanism, the sensing circuit measuring said electrical property of said electrical line and communicating an internal device signal of a result of the measuring and the sensing; a communications circuit adapted to receive, process and route internal device signals, and to transmit external output signals and receive external input signals from a spatially separated, remote signal device via an I/O interface port; and the management node physically integrated with the electrical appliance wiring-device to provide said condition sensing wire-device in a unitary form.