Apparatus, methods and computer program products supporting automatic network identification for power supplies
US8566630B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 30, 2006 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/2015
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) apparatus can include an uninterruptible power supply circuit configured to provide electrical power to a load corresponding to a loss of line power, a network communications interface circuit associated with the uninterruptible power supply circuit, configured to be coupled to a network and a self-identification circuit that determines network identifier availability responsive to communications on the network and assigns a determined available network identifier responsive to an identification enable signal. Methods of self-identification of a device in a network, include determining an identifier via a self-identification process responsive to a relative position in the network.
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