Switchgear data system
View Patent ↗A switchgear assembly provides on-board documentation and includes a switchgear adapted to distribute electrical power to a plurality of loads. An industrial computer includes storage, a web server service and a wireless broadcasting device. The storage stores switchgear specific documentation. A mobile computing device wirelessly communicates with the industrial computer through the wireless broadcasting device. The mobile computing device includes a web browser and the documentation is provided to the mobile computing device by the web server service.
1. A switchgear installation comprising:
a first switchgear that distributes electrical power to a plurality of loads and has a low voltage compartment;
a first industrial computer secured within said low voltage compartment of said first switchgear, said first industrial computer having storage, a web server service and a wireless broadcasting device, said storage storing documentation specific to said first switchgear and said wireless broadcasting device transmitting a first wireless signal with an identifier unique to said first switchgear;
a second switchgear that distributes electrical power to a plurality of loads and has a low voltage compartment;
a second industrial computer secured within said low voltage compartment of said second switchgear, said second industrial computer having storage, a web server service and a wireless broadcasting device, said storage storing documentation specific to said second switchgear and said wireless broadcasting device transmitting a second wireless signal with an identifier unique to said second switchgear;
a mobile computing device that receives said first and second wireless signals from said wireless broadcasting devices of said first and second industrial computers, respectively, said mobile computing device including a web browser; and
wherein said web browser of said mobile computing device obtains said documentation for said first and second switchgears from said web server services of said first and second industrial computers through said first and second wireless signals, respectively.
2. The switchgear installation of claim 1 wherein said switchgear specific documentation for each of the first and second switchgears includes switchgear schematics, switchgear blueprints, and switchgear manuals.
3. The switchgear installation of claim 1 wherein said mobile computing device includes a tablet PC.
4. The switchgear installation of claim 1 wherein said mobile computing device includes a laptop computer.
5. The switchgear installation of claim 1 further comprising a battery for powering said first industrial computer prior to and during installation of said first switchgear.
6. The switchgear installation of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of mobile computing devices adapted to wirelessly communicate with said first and second industrial computers through said wireless broadcasting device.
7. The switchgear installation of claim 1 , wherein said web browser of said mobile computing device obtains said documentation for said first switchgear from said web server service of said first industrial computer only after a password is provided to said first industrial computer.
8. The switchgear installation of claim 1 , wherein said mobile computing device displays to a user that said first and second wireless signals are available and allows said user to select one of said first and second wireless signals.
9. The switchgear installation of claim 8 , wherein after said mobile computing device receives a selection of one of said first and second wireless signals, said mobile computing device displays said documentation for said first switchgear or said second switchgear corresponding to said selection.
10. The switchgear installation of claim 1 , wherein said mobile computing device is a thin-client device.