System and method for remote configuration of asphalt plant
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorsGautham Subramanian, Jacob J. McAlpine, John L. Marsolek
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Abstract
An onsite computer system can be located at a material production facility and used to generate tickets associated with the transfer of bulk materials such as asphalt or concrete. A remote computer system can communicate with the onsite computer system and can be used to generate ticket templates and configuration files that may be uploaded to the onsite computer system. In addition, the remote computer system can access the onsite computer system to edit system software or perform other corrective actions in the event there are any errors with the onsite computer system.
Claims20
A ticket processing system for configuring an onsite computer system from a remote computer system comprising:
- an onsite computer system including an onsite processor and non-transitory onsite memory, the onsite computer system configured to receive and store a configuration file for configuring the onsite computer and to store raw ticket data in the onsite memory;
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- a remote computer system including a remote processor and non-transitory remote memory, the remote computer system configured generate and upload the configuration file to the onsite computer system and to communicate with the onsite computer system to capture and download the raw ticket data from onsite memory.
A method for enabling the generation of a ticket associated with a material transfer at a material production facility comprising:
- generating at a remote computer system a configuration file for configuring operational settings on an onsite computer system operatively associated with the material production facility and uploading the configuration file to the onsite computer system;
- rebooting the onsite computer system from the remote computer system to load and read the configuration file;
- capturing and downloading raw ticket data from the onsite computer system to a remote computer system;
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- generating at the remote computer system a ticket template from the raw ticket data for generation of a ticket and uploading the ticket template to the onsite computer system.
A ticket processing system comprising:
- an onsite computer system operationally configured by a configuration file to store raw ticket data in the onsite memory and to generate a ticket from a ticket template stored in wherein the ticket is associated with a material transfer;
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- a remote computer system configured to generate and upload the configuration file to the onsite computer system, to communicate with the onsite computer system to capture and download the raw ticket data from onsite memory, and to generate and upload a ticket template for generation of the ticket,
- the remote computer system being further configured to access and edit system software on the onsite computer system in the event an error signal is transmitted from the onsite computer system to the remote computer system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.