Patent ID: 8110940

Claim:
A control and monitoring system power supply, comprising: a single power input configured to receive power into the power supply from a power source; a first power output driver configured to receive power from the single power input, regulate the power, and distribute the power from the power supply to a first power conductor of a first network cable segment, wherein the first power output driver comprises a first transformer and rectifier pair configured to convert AC to DC, a first voltage regulator, and a first control circuit configured to regulate the DC from the first transformer and rectifier pair; a second power output driver configured to receive power from the single power input, regulate the power, and distribute the power from the power supply to a second power conductor of a second network cable segment, wherein first and second power output drivers are separate within the power supply and common grounded, wherein the second power output driver comprises a second transformer and rectifier pair configured to convert AC to DC, a second voltage regulator, and a second control circuit configured to regulate the DC from the second transformer and rectifier pair; and an integral coupling feature configured to respectively couple the first and second power output drivers to the first and second power conductors, while maintaining connectivity of communications between a pair of parallel data conductors in the first and second network cable segments.