Power Device Configuration Translation for Cross-Application Interoperability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current power system protection, control, and automation devices face challenges due to manufacturer-specific configuration data being stored in proprietary formats, leading to siloed utilization, format incompatibilities, data integrity concerns, and overload issues, which limits their accessibility and inter-operability across different applications.
Innovation Solution
The configuration data is generalized into a manufacturer-agnostic form and stored in a common data storage, allowing multiple applications to access and utilize it, thereby improving accessibility, usability, and cross-application inter-operability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If manufacturer-specific configuration data is stored in proprietary formats, then device-specific functionality is maintained, but cross-application accessibility and inter-operability are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary translation layer that converts manufacturer-specific configuration data into a standardized format. This mediator component enables different applications to access and utilize configuration data without direct compatibility requirements, resolving the contradiction between maintaining device-specific functionality and achieving cross-application accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms configuration data from proprietary formats with manufacturer-specific parameters into a standardized format with universal parameters. This parameter transformation enables the same configuration data to be used across multiple applications and device types, improving adaptability while managing complexity through systematic parameter mapping.
2Reliability
If configuration data is stored in stand-alone applications, then data integrity for specific applications is maintained, but data overload and accessibility across applications are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal configuration data storage system that serves multiple applications simultaneously. By implementing a standardized data format and centralized access mechanism, the same configuration data can be reliably utilized across different applications, improving productivity through reduced data redundancy and enhanced data sharing while maintaining integrity through consistent data structures.
3Ease of operation
If proprietary configuration formats are used, then manufacturer-specific device requirements are met, but data compatibility and ease of operation across different applications are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the configuration data system into distinct layers: manufacturer-specific raw data, standardized translation layer, and application-accessible formatted data. This segmentation allows each layer to maintain its specific requirements while enabling seamless interaction between different applications, improving ease of operation without sacrificing device-specific functionality.
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AI summary
A computing system obtains, for each of multiple devices, manufacturer-specific configuration data that is specific to a manufacturer of the device and that configures the device for protection, automation, or control of a power system. The computing system translates, for each of the devices, the manufacturer-specific configuration data for the device into generalized configuration data for the device that is manufacturer-agnostic. The computing system stores the generalized configuration data for each of the devices in a common data storage that is commonly accessible by applications configured to use the generalized configuration data to evaluate protection, automation, or control of the power system.