Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting fiber port availability in a fiber distribution hub and generating fiber port recommendations are presented. An exemplary method may include detecting, based at least on a fiber distribution record, one or more candidate ports in the fiber distribution hub; transmitting a first indication of a first selected port of the one or more candidate ports to a computing device; detecting, after transmitting the indication of the first selected port and in real time, that a termination unit associated with the fiber distribution hub has been disconnected; automatically updating the fiber distribution record such that the fiber distribution record is representative of an association between the termination unit and the first selected port; and generating, based on detecting that the termination unit has been disconnected, a second indication of a second selected port of the one or more candidate ports.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display device, a touch panel, and a control device. The display device displays a screen in a display region. The touch panel is overlaid on the display device. The control device includes a processor, and acts, when the processor executes a control program, as a controller that causes the display device to display a first screen of a size that covers an entirety of the display region, with a predetermined first icon added to the first screen, and to display, instead of the first screen, a second screen smaller in size than the first screen in a predetermined region, when the touch panel detects a predetermined operation performed on the first icon.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display device, a touch panel, and a control device. The display device displays a screen in a display region. The touch panel is overlaid on the display device. The control device includes a processor, and acts, when the processor executes a control program, as a controller that causes the display device to display a first screen of a size that covers an entirety of the display region, with a predetermined first icon added to the first screen, and to display, instead of the first screen, a second screen smaller in size than the first screen in a predetermined region, when the touch panel detects a predetermined operation performed on the first icon.

Abstract: A device may receive a current measurement of a motor identifying a plurality of component currents associated with a plurality of phases. The device may determine a position estimate for the motor based on the plurality of component currents associated with the plurality of phases. The device may control the motor based on the plurality of component currents.

Abstract: While jobs with confidentiality are in principle kept from showing on a job list, display of the jobs with confidentiality is enabled with a simple operation. In an image forming apparatus, a display control section allows a display section to display a job list showing a plurality of executed jobs, wherein among the jobs, one job containing a predetermined word or character string representing confidentiality is excluded from the job list. When a predetermined keyword is input through a touch panel, the display control section allows the display section to display a confidential job containing the keyword.

Abstract: While jobs with confidentiality are in principle kept from showing on a job list, display of the jobs with confidentiality is enabled with a simple operation. In an image forming apparatus, a display control section allows a display section to display a job list showing a plurality of executed jobs, wherein among the jobs, one job containing a predetermined word or character string representing confidentiality is excluded from the job list. When a predetermined keyword is input through a touch panel, the display control section allows the display section to display a confidential job containing the keyword.

Abstract: A device may receive a current measurement of a motor identifying a plurality of component currents associated with a plurality of phases. The device may determine a position estimate for the motor based on the plurality of component currents associated with the plurality of phases. The device may control the motor based on the plurality of component currents.

Abstract: A device may select an operation mode based on at least one of a motor speed, a motor transient speed, or a motor power command value. The operation mode may be selected from a group of operation modes including a single pulse mode, a continuous conduction mode, and a variable dwell continuous conduction mode. The device may control a switched reluctance motor using the operation mode.

Abstract: A method for determining rotor position of a switched reluctance (SR) machine having a rotor and a stator is provided. The method may include injecting a test pulse into one or more idle phases of the SR machine, determining a decoupled flux value based at least partially on a total flux value corresponding to the test pulse and a mutual flux value, and determining the rotor position based at least partially on the decoupled flux value.

Abstract: A method of controlling an electric motor may include determining a desired torque at the electric motor. A current at a first phase of the electric motor may be calculated at a controller. The calculated current may be a current that results in supplying the desired torque at the electric motor. The controller may compare the calculated current to a predetermined threshold current, and when the calculated current is greater than the predetermined threshold current, the controller may reduce the calculated current to the predetermined threshold current and adjust a current in a second phase adjacent to the first phase of the electric motor to continue to supply the desired torque at the electric motor.

Abstract: A method for determining rotor position of a switched reluctance (SR) machine having a rotor and a stator is provided. The method may include injecting a test pulse into one or more idle phases of the SR machine, determining a decoupled flux value based at least partially on a total flux value corresponding to the test pulse and a mutual flux value, and determining the rotor position based at least partially on the decoupled flux value.

Abstract: A method of regulating a phase current of an electric motor is provided. The method may include selectively enabling one or more switches of each phase of the electric motor according to one of at least a soft chopping motoring routine and a soft chopping generating routine, monitoring the phase current relative to at least one limit of a hysteresis band and a switching period, and controlling the switches according to a hard chopping routine when the phase current does not reach the limit within the switching period.

Abstract: A method of regulating a phase current of an electric motor is provided. The method may include selectively enabling one or more switches of each phase of the electric motor according to one of at least a soft chopping motoring routine and a soft chopping generating routine, monitoring the phase current relative to a first hysteresis band, controlling the switches according to the soft chopping motoring routine when the phase current exceeds the first hysteresis band while operating according to the soft chopping generating routine, and controlling the switches according to the soft chopping generating routine when the phase current exceeds the first hysteresis band while operating according to the soft chopping motoring routine.

Abstract: A control system for a switched reluctance (SR) machine is disclosed. The SR machine may have a rotor and a stator. The control system may have a converter circuit operatively coupled to the stator and including a plurality of gates in selective communication with each phase of the stator, and a controller in communication with each of the stator and the converter circuit. The controller may be configured to command a fixed dwell of a theta-on angle and a theta-off angle and a varying current command to the plurality of gates when the SR machine is in a continuous conduction mode.

Abstract: A control system for a switched reluctance (SR) machine is disclosed. The SR machine may have a rotor and a stator. The control system may have a converter circuit operatively coupled to the stator and including a plurality of gates in selective communication with each phase of the stator, and a controller in communication with each of the stator and the converter circuit. The controller may be configured to command a fixed dwell of a theta-on angle and a theta-off angle and a varying current command to the plurality of gates when the SR machine is in a continuous conduction mode.

Abstract: A method for determining rotor position of a switched reluctance (SR) machine having a rotor and a stator is provided. The method may include injecting a test pulse into one or more idle phases of the SR machine, determining a decoupled flux value based at least partially on a total flux value corresponding to the test pulse and a mutual flux value, and determining the rotor position based at least partially on the decoupled flux value.

Abstract: A method of controlling an electric motor may include determining a desired torque at the electric motor. A current at a first phase of the electric motor may be calculated at a controller. The calculated current may be a current that results in supplying the desired torque at the electric motor. The controller may compare the calculated current to a predetermined threshold current, and when the calculated current is greater than the predetermined threshold current, the controller may reduce the calculated current to the predetermined threshold current and adjust a current in a second phase adjacent to the first phase of the electric motor to continue to supply the desired torque at the electric motor.

Abstract: A method of controlling a motor is provided. The method may determine one of a switching period, a fundamental cycle, and a current target per phase leg of the motor having at least one high voltage transition point; determine a dwell period to be enforced at the transition point between an engagement of a first switch of the phase leg and an engagement of a second switch of the phase leg where each of the first switch and the second switch may be selectively engageable between a first state and a second state; engage the first switch from the first state to the second state at the transition point; and engage the second switch from the first state to the second state after the transition point and upon expiration of the dwell period.

Abstract: A method of controlling a motor is provided. The method may determine one of a switching period, a fundamental cycle, and a current target per phase leg of the motor having at least one high voltage transition point; determine a dwell period to be enforced at the transition point between an engagement of a first switch of the phase leg and an engagement of a second switch of the phase leg where each of the first switch and the second switch may be selectively engageable between a first state and a second state; engage the first switch from the first state to the second state at the transition point; and engage the second switch from the first state to the second state after the transition point and upon expiration of the dwell period.

Abstract: A method of estimating an initial rotor position of a switched reluctance (SR) machine having a rotor and a stator is provided. The method may comprise the steps of driving a phase current in each of a plurality of phases of the SR machine to a predefined limit, performing an integration of a common bus voltage associated with each phase, determining a flux value for each phase based on the integrations, and determining the initial rotor position based on the flux values.