Method and apparatus for configuring and synchronizing a wireless machine monitoring and communication system
US6301514A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 6, 1998 |
| Grant date | Oct 9, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 6, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01H1/003
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of configuring and synchronizing a wireless machine monitoring system that has at least one chain, that includes at least one machine monitor and at least one repeater is disclosed. The wireless machine monitoring system may further include a master repeater that is in communication with the chain and a command station that is in communication with the master repeater. The wireless machine monitoring system is configured so that only one element of the system is communicating at any given time. In addition, bit error rate transmission tests are performed on the elements of the system to determine their ability to communicate at different transmission power levels. Thus, power consumption of battery powered elements is minimized by decreasing the amount of time the devices are active and by configuring the communicating elements to transmit at the lowest acceptable power level. An installation and configuration unit is provided for installing and configuring the machine monitors and the repeaters within each chain of the wireless machine monitoring system.
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