Communications: electrical – Continuously variable indicating – With meter reading
Patent
1985-09-03
1987-09-22
Yusko, Donald J.
Communications: electrical
Continuously variable indicating
With meter reading
34082563, 34082577, 340310A, 34087038, H04Q 900, G08C 1900
Patent
active
046958401
ABSTRACT:
A system for determining the position of a plurality of remotely located switches having a binary weighted current controlling means connected to each switch for providing a waveform having a unique duty cycle corresponding to the position of each of the switches. The duty cycle is decoded at a local test station to provide digital output data indicative of the position of each of the switches. The duty cycle encoder includes a switching means connected across a two conductor line that terminates the cycle of an input waveform generated by a source generator at said local test station. The current controlling means controls the output of a constant current source which depends upon the number of switches that are open and closed. A timing means is responsive to the output of said constant current source for triggering the switching means. The resultant waveform at the local test station has a duty cycle that is decoded to indicate the position of the remote switches.
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Mobil Oil Corporation
Speciale Charles J.
Yusko Donald J.
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