Solar powered cell network switch point indicator system

A solar powered cell network switch point indicator system comprised of:

• a switch assembly;
• the switch assembly being further comprised of:
• a switch assembly solar panel;
• at least one switch assembly weather resistant enclosure;
• a switch assembly solar controller;
• a switch assembly cellular microcontroller;
• a switch assembly cellular antennae connected to the switch assembly cellular microcontroller;
• a switch assembly battery;
• a switch assembly circuit board;
• at least one railroad switch position detection means;
• and at least one railroad derail position detection means;
• the switch assembly weather resistant enclosure being capable of providing weather protection to the switch assembly solar controller;
• the switch assembly cellular microcontroller;
• the switch assembly cellular antennae connected to the switch assembly cellular microcontroller;
• the switch assembly battery;
• and the switch assembly circuit board;
• at least one wayside assembly;
• the wayside assembly being further comprised of:
• a wayside assembly solar panel;
• at least one wayside assembly weather resistant enclosure;
• a wayside assembly solar controller;
• a wayside assembly cellular microcontroller;
• a wayside assembly battery;
• a wayside assembly cellular antennae connected to the wayside assembly cellular microcontroller;
• a wayside assembly circuit board;
• and a wayside signal means;
• the wayside assembly weather resistant enclosure being capable of providing weather protection to the wayside assembly solar controller;
• the wayside assembly cellular microcontroller;
• the wayside assembly cellular antennae connected to the wayside assembly cellular microcontroller;
• the wayside assembly battery;
• and the wayside assembly circuit board;
• a user selected cloud computing service;
• a user selected cellular network;
• at least one computer with Internet access capable of connecting to the user selected cloud computing service;
• the switch assembly and the wayside assembly being electronically connected to the user selected cloud computing service by means of the user selected cellular network;
• the computer being in electronic communication with the switch assembly and the wayside assembly by means of the user selected cloud computing service which the computer is capable of accessing by means of the Internet;
• the switch assembly solar controller being electrically connected to the switch assembly battery, the switch assembly solar panel, the switch assembly cellular microcontroller, the switch assembly circuit board, the railroad switch position detection means and the railroad derail position detection means whereby the switch assembly solar controller is capable of:
• being powered by the switch assembly solar panel and/or the switch assembly battery;
• maintaining a charge of the switch assembly battery with the power generated by the switch assembly solar panel;
• providing electrical power from the switch assembly solar panel and/or the switch assembly battery to the railroad switch position detection means;
• providing electrical power from the switch assembly solar panel and/or the switch assembly battery to the railroad derail position detection means;
• monitoring the power generation and storage of the switch assembly;
• and providing electrical power from the switch assembly solar panel and/or the switch assembly battery to the switch assembly cellular microcontroller;
• the switch assembly circuit board also being electrically connected to the switch assembly battery as well as the switch assembly solar controller receiving electrical power thereby;
• the switch assembly circuit board by means of an attached charge sensor monitors the electrical power that the switch assembly circuit board receives from the switch assembly battery and/or the switch assembly solar controller and determines the charge status of the switch assembly battery and the status of the power generation being delivered by the switch assembly solar controller, which statuses are then communicated to the switch assembly cellular microcontroller;
• the switch assembly cellular microcontroller processes the charge status of the switch assembly battery and the status of the power generation being delivered by the switch assembly solar controller that is communicated from the switch assembly circuit board attached charge sensor according to user programmed parameters to generate user desired power status data that the switch assembly cellular microcontroller then transmits with the aid of the attached switch assembly cellular antennae to the user selected cloud computing service by means of the user selected cellular service whereby the power status data that the switch assembly cellular microcontroller generated can be accessed by the computer and the wayside assembly;
• the railroad switch position detection means being electrically connected to the switch assembly circuit board whereby the position of a railroad switch attached to the railroad switch position detection means is communicated to the switch assembly circuit board;
• the railroad derail position detection means being electrically connected to the switch assembly circuit board whereby the position of a railroad derail attached to the railroad derail position detection means is communicated to the switch assembly circuit board;
• the switch assembly circuit board being in electrical communication with the switch assembly cellular microcontroller such that the position of the railroad switch received by the switch assembly circuit board that is communicated from the railroad switch position detection means and the position of the railroad derail received by the switch assembly circuit board that is communicated from the railroad derail position detection means is thereby communicated to the switch assembly cellular microcontroller where the position of the railroad derail is processed according to user programmed parameters to generate user desired switch position data and derail position data that the switch assembly cellular microcontroller then transmits with the aid of the attached switch assembly cellular antennae to the user selected cloud computing service by means of the user selected cellular service whereby the switch assembly cellular microcontroller user desired switch position data and derail position data that the switch assembly circuit board generated may be accessed by the computer and the wayside assembly;
• the wayside assembly solar controller being electrically connected to the wayside assembly battery, the wayside assembly solar panel, the wayside assembly cellular microcontroller, the wayside assembly circuit board, the wayside signal means whereby the wayside assembly solar controller is capable of:
• being powered by the wayside assembly solar panel and/or the wayside assembly battery;
• maintaining a charge of the wayside assembly battery with the power generated by the wayside assembly solar panel;
• providing electrical power from the wayside assembly solar panel and/or the switch assembly battery to the wayside signal means;
• monitoring the power generation and storage of the wayside assembly;
• and providing electrical power from the wayside assembly solar panel and/or the wayside assembly battery to the wayside assembly cellular microcontroller;
• the wayside assembly circuit board also being electrically connected to the wayside assembly battery as well as the wayside assembly solar controller receiving electrical power thereby;
• the wayside assembly circuit board by means of an attached charge sensor monitors the electrical power that the wayside assembly circuit board receives from the wayside assembly battery and/or the wayside assembly solar controller and determines the charge status of the wayside assembly battery and the status of the power generation being delivered by the wayside assembly solar controller, which statuses are then communicated to the wayside assembly cellular microcontroller;
• the wayside assembly cellular microcontroller processes the charge status of the wayside assembly battery and the status of the power generation being delivered by the wayside assembly solar controller that is communicated from the wayside assembly circuit board attached charge sensor according to user programmed parameters to generate user desired power status data that the wayside assembly cellular microcontroller then transmits with the aid of the attached wayside assembly cellular antennae to the user selected cloud computing service by means of the user selected cellular service whereby the power status data that the wayside assembly cellular microcontroller generated can be accessed by the computer;
• the wayside assembly cellular microcontroller with the aid of the wayside assembly cellular antennae being in electronic communication with the user selected cloud computing service by means of the user selected cellular service thereby facilitating electronic communication with the computer and the switch assembly cellular microcontroller;
• the wayside assembly cellular microcontroller being programmed to user defined parameters to receive and process from the user selected cloud computing service by means of the user selected cellular service the user desired switch position data and derail position data generated by the switch assembly cellular microcontroller that the switch assembly cellular microcontroller transmitted to the user selected cloud computing service for access by the computer and the wayside assembly;
• the wayside assembly circuit board being in electrical communication with the wayside assembly cellular microcontroller such that the user desired switch position data and derail position data generated by the wayside assembly cellular microcontroller then activates at least one relay on the wayside assembly circuit board according to user programmed parameters, which relay(s) then provides electrical power to the wayside signal means from the wayside assembly solar controller and/or the wayside assembly battery activating the wayside signal means which thereby generates a wayside signal;
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• the computer being capable of being programmed to process:
• the user desired switch position data and derail position data generated by the switch assembly cellular microcontroller;
• the switch assembly user desired power status data generated by the switch assembly cellular microcontroller;
• the wayside assembly user desired power status data generated by the wayside assembly cellular microcontroller, and then complete at least one user selected functions selected from the group consisting of:
• generating user selected screen displays depicting the processed data;
• generating and sending email messages containing user selected portions of the processed data to user selected email addresses;
• generating and sending text messages containing user selected portions of the processed data to user selected cellular enabled devices;
• activating audible alarms;
• activating visual alarms;
• providing user defined access to the computer to user authorized electronic devices providing access to the processed data thereby;
• activating railroad active warning devices;
• activating railroad switches;
• activating railroad derail devices;
• activating automatic train control devices;
• integrating with computer automated dispatch systems;
• and activating positive train control devices.