Tracked vehicle, monitoring and/or control and/or management system of tracked vehicle and related method

A tracked vehicle management system comprising:

• a tracked vehicle comprising:
• a plurality of devices, wherein at least one device of the plurality of devices is selected from an assembly comprising at least two of:
• a drive unit, an electric rotating machine unit, a power transmission unit, a hydraulic pump, an actuator, a plurality of tracks, a drive wheel, a signalling device, a conditioning unit, a sensor configured to detect a dimension of the tracked vehicle, a winch unit, a tiller unit, a shovel, a blade, a control input device;
• a vehicle control device coupled to the plurality of devices and configured to:
• send command signals to the devices, and
• receive at least one of detection signals and command signals from the devices;
• a radio link device configured to transmit data via radio waves;
• a human machine interface comprising a processing unit, a memory, a screen and, a selection device configured to receive commands from an operator, and a hardware block configured to run a software block;
• a network device coupled in communication from one side with at least one of the human machine interface and the vehicle control device, and from another side with the radio link device, wherein the network device is configured to couple, in radio communication, the at least one of the human machine interface and the vehicle control device with the radio link device;
• an asynchronous communication network configured to couple the human machine interface and the network device together;
• and
• a synchronous communication system comprising:
• a first synchronous communication bus assembly configured to link, in communication, the vehicle control device, the human machine interface and the plurality of devices, to each other, and a second synchronous communication bus assembly configured to communicatively connect the vehicle control device to the network device, and a data processing system connected to the tracked vehicle via radio waves and the radio link device of the tracked vehicle, the data processing system comprising a hardware block configured to remotely run, in real time, the software block to enable the data processing system to access functions independent of the human machine interface of the tracked vehicle.

A method of managing a tracked vehicle connected to a data processing system via a radio link device of the tracked vehicle, the method comprising:

• remotely performing, via a human machine interface of the tracked vehicle comprising a processing unit, a memory, a screen, a hardware block configured to run a software block and a selection device configured to receive commands from an operator and independent of content being displayed by the screen of the human machine interface, at least one operation of:
• remotely updating, in real time, software of at least one of the tracked vehicle, a vehicle control device of the tracked vehicle which is coupled to a plurality of devices of the tracked vehicle and configured to send command signals to the devices, and receive at least one of detection signals and command signals from the devices, and at least one of the devices of the tracked vehicle selected from an assembly comprising at least two of:
• a drive unit, an electric rotating machine unit, a power transmission unit, a hydraulic pump, an actuator, a plurality of tracks, a drive wheel, a signalling device, a conditioning unit, a sensor configured to detect a dimension of the tracked vehicle, a winch unit, a tiller unit, a shovel, a blade, a control input device;
• remotely updating software of the human machine interface;
• remotely setting at least one configuration parameter of the tracked vehicle by remotely connecting via at least one of a synchronous connection system of the tracked vehicle comprising a first synchronous communication bus assembly configured to link, in communication, the vehicle control device, the human machine interface and the plurality of devices, to each other, and a second synchronous communication bus assembly configured to communicatively connect the vehicle control device to a network device of the tracked vehicle coupled in communication from one side with at least one of the human machine interface and the vehicle control device, and from another side with the radio link device, wherein the network device is configured to couple, in radio communication, the at least one of the human machine interface and the vehicle control device with the radio link device and an asynchronous connection network to at least one of the human machine interface and the vehicle control device;
• displaying via a remote connection to the human machine interface at least one signal, passing over the synchronous communication system and consequently monitoring, in real time, data detected of the devices, instructing the operator of the tracked vehicle remotely;
• carrying out real-time processing of at least one of data in the memory of the human machine interface and data travelling on the synchronous communication system to verify at least one of usage parameters, operating parameters and setting parameters;
• and
• remote mirroring of the human machine interface, wherein the data processing system comprises a hardware block configured to remotely run, in real time, the software block to enable the data processing system to access functions independent of the human machine interface of the tracked vehicle.