Adhoc protocol for commissioning connected devices in the field

US11095502B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Oliver Alexander Gesch · Berlin, DE
• Aditya Swami · Hyderabad, IN
• Luis C. Encinas Carreno · Farmington, US
• Markus Mueller · Heilbronn, DE
• David Ginsberg · Granby, US
• Richard Buddelmann · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 3, 2017
• Grant date: Aug 17, 2021
• Expiry date: Dec 22, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/10
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A device commissioning system includes a terminal device, a data communication network, and a network controller. The terminal devices selects a device type of a component configured to operate in a control system, and outputs a device activation signal that requests a configuration file for commissioning the component according to a selected device type. The communication network is remotely located from the component and stores configuration files for commissioning different types of components. The network controller receives the device activation signal indicating a request to commission the component according to the selected device type and establishes a secure data link to deliver the configuration file in response to the device activation signal. The component receives the configuration file corresponding to the selected device type, and installs the configuration file to commission operation as the selected device type.