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A control routine for groups of remotely controlled, variable-position, position-aware, transceiver-equipped actuators manages data discrepancies by issuing a first set of generic actuation commands to start and stop the actuators, then polling the actuators to report their achieved positions. The r

A control routine for groups of remotely controlled, variable-position, position-aware, transceiver-equipped actuators manages data discrepancies by issuing a first set of generic actuation commands to start and stop the actuators, then polling the actuators to report their achieved positions. The routine then applies a rule to determine a preferred position value from among the reports and issues a second set of position-specific actuation commands to all of the actuators. The routine can further poll the actuators to confirm the extent to which the commands have been realized, and can retain and apply compensation factors for performance deviations in the individual actuators. The routine can further manage multiple groups of actuators, dissimilar activators within groups, assignment of an actuator to more than one group, and application of variable control factors as inputs modifying the rule applied by the routine for determining the commands to be issued.

대표청구항 ▼

What is claimed is: 1. A method for operating a plurality of autonomous, processor-controlled, multi-position actuators from a separate control station, comprising:establishing a wireless communication network that originates with the separate control station and provides bidirectional message trans

What is claimed is: 1. A method for operating a plurality of autonomous, processor-controlled, multi-position actuators from a separate control station, comprising:establishing a wireless communication network that originates with the separate control station and provides bidirectional message transfer between the separate control station and each multi-position actuator;assigning a processor-readable address to each multi-position actuator;providing a command set for each multi-position actuator that includes for each command in the command set the assigned actuator address and one of a plurality of executable functions, wherein the command set further includes at least one command to realize one position value from a plurality of position values defined for the respective actuator, and wherein the command set further includes at least one stop command;assigning each of the multi-position actuators to a group;defining a plurality of group commands, including in each group command a plurality of discrete commands to perform a like executable function, directed to the addresses of the plurality of multi-position actuators in the group;processing a current position of each of the multi-position actuators; andequalizing a position of a group of barriers associated with the group of multi-position actuators.