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Application US20190116245


Published 2019-04-18

Reconfigurable Extended Communication Interface Devices For Monitoring And Control Of Power System Devices

Unique systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of a configurable extended interface device are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is an interface device for coupling a power system device of a microgrid with a microgrid controller utilizing a data communication standard incompatible with the power system device, the interface device comprising three input ports configured to receive input from a power system device; a microgrid interface configured to provide output formatted according to any of a plurality of communication protocols, each being compatible with the data communication standard and configured to receive input defining microgrid configuration characteristics; data mapping logic structured to convert any of the input to output formatted according to any of the plurality of communication protocols; and parsing logic configured to parse the received input defining microgrid configuration characteristics effective to cause the data mapping logic to perform mapping of the received input to one of the plurality of communication protocols.



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  • 1. An interface device for operatively coupling a power system device of a microgrid with a microgrid controller utilizing a data communication standard otherwise incompatible with the power system controller, the interface device comprising: a plurality of ports configured to receive input from a power system device including a first port configured to receive input in a power system device-native analog format, a second port configured to receive input in a power system device-native digital format, and a third port configured to receive input formatted according to a first communication protocol; a microgrid interface configured to provide output formatted according to any of a plurality of communication protocols, each of the plurality of communication protocols being different from the first communication protocol and each plurality of communication protocols being compatible with the data communication standard, and configured to receive input defining microgrid configuration characteristics; data mapping logic operatively coupled with the plurality of ports, operatively coupled with the microgrid interface, and structured to convert any of the input in the power system device-native analog format, the input in the power system device-native digital format, and the input according to the first predetermined communication protocol to output formatted according to any of the plurality of communication protocols; and parsing logic configured to parse the received input defining microgrid configuration characteristics effective to cause the data mapping logic to perform mapping of a selected one of the input in the power system device-native analog format, the input in the power system device-native digital format, and the input according to the first predetermined communication protocol to one of the plurality of communication protocols.

  • 9. A method for operatively coupling a power system device of a microgrid with a microgrid controller utilizing a data communication standard otherwise incompatible with the power system device, the method comprising: receiving, with one of a plurality of ports of a configurable extended interface device, input data from a power system device structured to output according to one of a power system device-native analog format, a power system device-native digital format, and a first communication protocol; converting, with a digital mapping logic of the configurable extended interface device, any of the input in the power system device-native analog format, the input in the power system device-native digital format, and the input according to the first predetermined communication protocol to output formatted according to any of the plurality of communication protocols, each of the plurality of communication protocols being different from the first communication protocol and each plurality of communication protocols being compatible with the data communication standard; transmitting, with a microgrid interface of the configurable extended interface device, an output formatted according to one of the plurality of communication protocols; receiving, with the microgrid interface of the configurable extended interface device, input defining microgrid configuration characteristics; and parsing the received input defining microgrid configuration characteristics effective to cause the data mapping logic to perform mapping of a selected one of the input in the power system device-native analog format, the input in the power system device-native digital format, and the input according to the first predetermined communication protocol to one of the plurality of communication protocols.

  • 15. A microgrid system comprising: a power system device; a power system device controller structured to measure electrical characteristics of the power system device; a microgrid control system utilizing a data communication standard incompatible with the power system device controller; and an interface device for operatively coupling the power system device and the microgrid control system, the interface device comprising: a plurality of ports configured to receive input from a power system device including a first port configured to receive input in a power system device-native analog format, a second port configured to receive input in a power system device-native digital format, and a third port configured to receive input formatted according to a first communication protocol, a microgrid interface configured to provide output formatted according to any of a plurality of communication protocols, each of the plurality of communication protocols being different from the first communication protocol and each plurality of communication protocols being compatible with the data communication standard, and configured to receive input defining microgrid configuration characteristics, data mapping logic operatively coupled with the plurality of ports, operatively coupled with the microgrid interface, and structured to convert any of the input in the power system device-native analog format, the input in the power system device-native digital format, and the input according to the first predetermined communication protocol to output formatted according to any of the plurality of communication protocols, and parsing logic configured to parse the received input defining microgrid configuration characteristics effective to cause the data mapping logic to perform mapping of a selected one of the input in the power system device-native analog format, the input in the power system device-native digital format, and the input according to the first predetermined communication protocol to one of the plurality of communication protocols.