Commissioning power meters with a mobile device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11019194-B2
Application number	US-201916299134-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2019
Priority date	Mar 12, 2019
Publication date	May 25, 2021
Grant date	May 25, 2021

Abstract

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium includes instructions for commissioning a power meter that has a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication capability, the instructions, when executed by one or more processors of a mobile device, cause the mobile device to discover the presence of the power meter by recognizing a signal produced by the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication capability of the power meter and receive a unique identifier for the power meter. When the received unique identifier matches a unique identifier stored by the power meter, the mobile device will establish a communication link between the mobile device and the power meter using the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication capability of the power meter and will transmit one or more commissioning parameters to the power meter via the established communication link between the mobile device and the power meter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that includes instructions for commissioning a power meter that has a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication capability, the instructions, when executed by one or more processors of a mobile device, cause the mobile device to:
discover the presence of the power meter by recognizing a signal produced by the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication capability of the power meter;
receive a code for the power meter and storing the code in the mobile device;
when the received code matches a unique identifier stored by the power meter, establish a communication link between the mobile device and the power meter using the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication capability of the power meter; and
transmit one or more commissioning parameters to the power meter via the established communication link between the mobile device and the power meter, the one or more commissioning parameters including one or more of a power meter type, a power meter name, a power meter frequency setting, a primary ratio of a current transformer that is coupled to the power meter, a secondary ratio of a current transformer that is coupled to the power meter, and a direction of power delivery relative to a current transformer that is coupled to the power meter.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the mobile device, cause the mobile device to receive one or more commissioning parameters for the power meter from a user via the user interface of the mobile device.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the one or more commissioning parameters are part of a template that is stored in a memory of the mobile device.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 3 , wherein the template is created using the user interface of the mobile device.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 3 , wherein the template is downloaded to the mobile device from an external source.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 3 , wherein the mobile device stores two or more templates, and wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the mobile device, cause the mobile device to receive a selection of a selected template from the two or more templates via the user interface of the mobile device, and transmit one or more commissioning parameters from the selected template to the power meter via the established communication link between the mobile device and the power meter.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 3 , wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the mobile device, cause the mobile device to be able to receive input from a user to create a project via the user interface of the mobile device, and to assign one or more templates to the project.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the mobile device, cause the mobile device to be able to receive input from the user to assign the power meter to the project.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the commissioning parameters that are transmitted to the power meter comprise an automatically generated address for use in subsequently addressing the power meter.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the mobile device, cause the mobile device to receive the code for the power meter by decoding a QR code that is secured to the power meter.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device is smart phone or tablet.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the mobile device, cause the mobile device to read a machine-readable code on or adjacent a particular current transformer, and to use information encoded in the machine-readable code to calibrate the power meter for use with the particular current transformer.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the mobile device, cause the mobile device to download an emulation mapping that maps addressable locations of the power meter to corresponding power monitor parameters, and to communicate the emulation mapping to the power meter so that the power meter can emulate a particular power meter during use.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the mobile device, cause the mobile device to organize a plurality of power meters to which a communication link has been established into two or more groups of power meters, where each of the power meters within a particular group can be commissioned together.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that includes instructions for commissioning a power meter that has a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication capability, the instructions, when executed by one or more processors of a mobile device, cause the mobile device to:
display one or more screens on a user interface of the mobile device providing a power meter menu that includes a plurality of menu items for interacting with one or more power meters having Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication capability;
accept a selection of a template from a plurality of templates from a user via a menu item of the power meter menu, wherein each of the plurality of templates define one or more corresponding commissioning parameters; and
in response to the accepted selection,
communicate one or more of the corresponding commissioning parameters of the selected template to the power meter using the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication capability of the power meter.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the power meter menu includes one or more menus screens for establishing a BLE communication link with one or more power meters.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the power meter menu includes one or more of a power meter setup menu, a power meter monitoring menu and a current transformer replacement menu.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that includes instructions for commissioning a power meter that has a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication capability, the instructions, when executed by one or more processors of a mobile device, cause the mobile device to:
discover the presence of the power meter by recognizing a signal produced by the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication capability of the power meter;
receive a code for the power meter and storing the code in the mobile device;
when the received code matches a unique identifier stored by the power meter, establish a communication link between the mobile device and the power meter using the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication capability of the power meter;
identify a template from a plurality of templates, wherein each of the plurality of templates define one or more corresponding commissioning parameters; and
transmit one or more of the corresponding commissioning parameters of the identified template to the power meter via the estab

Assignees

• Honeywell Int Inc

Inventors

• Qi Sinan
• Chan Foong Yeen
• Xu Chen
• Zhou Wenbin
• Li Peilin
• Suetterlin Sven

Classifications

• H04M1/72412

  using two-way short-range wireless interfaces · CPC title

• H04W4/80 Primary

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04M2250/02

  including a Bluetooth® interface · CPC title

• H04M1/72415 Primary

  for remote control of appliances · CPC title

• H04W8/005

  Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals · CPC title