General Electric Company
METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO IDENTIFY SMART SENSOR LOCATIONS BY THE APPLICATION OF PHYSICAL STIMULUS

Abstract:

Methods (400), apparatus (100), and articles of manufacture (800) to identify and configure sensors are disclosed. Certain examples provide an apparatus (100) including a processor (240, 812) and a communication interface (220, 820). The example processor (240, 812) is configured to broadcast, using the communication interface (220, 820), a request for sensor identification in a detection mode. The example processor (240, 812) is configured to receive, using the communication interface (220, 820), sensor identification information. The example processor (240, 812) is configured to instruct, based on the sensor identification information, sensors (101, 102, 103) to enter a monitoring mode to await a stimulus. The example processor (240, 812) is configured to receive, in response to a first stimulus applied to a first location, a first sensor response to the first stimulus from a first sensor (101, 102, 103). The example processor (240, 812) is configured to evaluate the first sensor response with respect to an expected sensor response. The example processor (240, 812) is configured to when the first sensor response satisfies a criterion, associate the first sensor (101, 102, 103) with the first location.