Mobile communication device including positioning means and method for using positioning coordinates to automatically serve service personnel with machine service information

A condition monitoring system including:

• a network of distributed machines to be monitored;
• and
• at least one portable communication device adapted to monitor multiple distributed machines within the network of distributed machines, the at least one portable communication device comprising:
• a processor operating in accordance with application software for managing machine service information relating to one of a maintenance check or a service check of multiple distributed machines,
• a database storing position coordinates of the distributed machines to be checked and positioning means for determining the position coordinates of the portable communication device,
• wherein the application software is configured to:
• a. identify the machine being serviced based on a comparison of the position coordinates of the distributed machines with the position coordinates of the portable communication device;
• and
• b. elect machine-specific machine service information relating to the identified machine.

A method for servicing machines in a network of distributed machines of a condition monitoring system, the condition monitoring system comprising at least one portable communication device adapted to monitor multiple distributed machines within the network of distributed machines, the at least one portable communication device comprising:

• a processor operating in accordance with application software for managing machine service information relating to one of a maintenance check or a service check of multiple distributed machines,
• a database storing position coordinates of the distributed machines to be checked and positioning means for determining the position coordinates of the portable communication device,
• wherein the application software is configured to:
• a. identify the machine being serviced based on a comparison of the position coordinates of the distributed machines with the position coordinates of the portable communication device;
• and
• b. elect machine-specific machine service information relating to the identified machine,
• the method including the steps of:
• a. determining the position coordinates of the portable communication device using a position determining portion of the portable communication device, and
• a. selecting machine service information of a machine to be one of serviced or monitored based on the position coordinates.