Battery Sensor Addressing via Wireless Broadcast and Web Interface
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
In high-density data center environments, manually addressing multiple battery sensors for centralized management is inconvenient and time-consuming.
Innovation Solution
A battery management system with wireless communication modules in both battery sensors and a main controller, which activates a web server program to display an addressing interface for easy assignment of sensors to batteries, allowing drag-and-drop or click operations for addressing, and optionally includes automatic addressing and LED indicators for error detection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If buttons are disposed on battery sensors for addressing, then centralized management is enabled, but installer convenience deteriorates in high-density environments
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical button-pressing system with a wireless communication system. Battery sensors automatically send their identifiers to the main controller via wireless transmission, eliminating the need for physical button operations. This substitution dramatically improves installer convenience in high-density environments where physical access to each battery sensor is difficult.
Solution Approach 2:
The battery sensors perform self-addressing by automatically transmitting their identifiers when powered on. The main controller automatically receives and processes these transmissions to complete the addressing process without requiring manual intervention for each sensor, thereby simplifying the overall process.
2Productivity
If manual addressing is used for battery sensors, then system management is achieved, but installation time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The battery sensors are pre-configured with unique identifiers before installation. When powered on, they automatically transmit these pre-prepared identifiers to the main controller, eliminating the time-consuming process of manual addressing during installation.
Solution Approach 2:
Wireless automatic transmission replaces manual button-pressing operations, dramatically reducing the time required to address multiple battery sensors, especially in high-density configurations where physical access is time-consuming.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention provides a battery management system, which is applicable to at least one battery string, wherein each battery string comprises a plurality of batteries connected in series. The battery management system comprises a plurality of battery sensors and a main controller. Each battery sensor measures at least one corresponding battery and has a first communication module, and each battery sensor issues a broadcast through the first communication module when its power is activated. The main controller has a second communication module. The second communication module and the first communication modules are signal connected in parallel. The main controller executes a web server program to provide a web page. When the main controller receives the broadcast, the main controller displays an addressing interface by the web page, so as to assign each battery sensor to at least one corresponding battery to complete the addressing of the battery sensors.