Telematics Road Ready System

A system for monitoring a trailer having a plurality of light emitting diode devices, said system comprising:

• a master control unit attached to an outside surface of the trailer, said master control unit including:
• a solar panel;
• a GPS receiver module;
• a cellular data transceiver module for communicating with a central tracking computer via a cellular data network interfaced to the Internet;
• a local wireless network master transceiver module in wireless communication with a plurality of wireless sensors and a light out detection system;
• and
• a microcontroller for controlling said local wireless network master transceiver module to periodically obtain sensor data from said wireless sensors and light out detection system, and for controlling said cellular data transceiver module to transmit said location and said sensor data to a remote user interface;
• wherein said light failure detection system is coupled to the plurality of light emitting diode lighting devices and includes a circuit board, a plurality of lighting circuits, each lighting circuit being coupled to the circuit board by an input wire, a plurality of voltage level monitoring circuits on said circuit board, each one of said plurality of voltage level monitoring circuits connected to one of said lighting circuits and adapted to measure the voltage of the one of said light circuits;
• a plurality of current monitoring circuits on said circuit board, each one of said plurality of current monitoring circuits connected to one of said lighting circuits and adapted to measure a current draw of the one of said light circuits;
• a voltage drop circuit for enabling the plurality of voltage level monitoring circuits and the plurality of current monitoring circuits to measure current and voltage at an adjusted input voltage, a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature, a switch for placing the light failure detection system into a learn mode wherein said lighting circuits are monitored with the plurality of voltage level monitoring circuits and the plurality of current monitoring circuits to determine threshold voltage and current levels for the lighting circuits, a microcontroller coupled to the circuit board for storing the threshold voltage and current levels and the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor, said microcontroller being adapted to calculate an adjusted threshold current based on a voltage sensitivity and the sensed temperature, a fault indicator for indicating a status of the light failure detection system is a measured current is above or below the adjusted threshold current by a predetermined value, and a transceiver coupled to the circuit board for sending information to a master control unit, said light out detection system also including a housing coupled to a trailer at one end and a socket at a second end for coupling to a truck tractor with a wiring harness.