US 6,295,612 B1 · Method and system for independent monitoring of multiple control systems

Abstract

A method and system are provided for invoking and monitoring of tests executed by multiple, diverse control systems/algorithms on a main controller which allows a single monitor system to be used to monitor the test results without requiring the monitor system to be programmed or individually tailored to process each unique output from the different possible tests. The present invention achieves independence between the monitor system and each of the specific test applications on the main controller by normalizing the unique results of each of the tests to a common value, thereby allowing the monitor system to generate expected results that can be used with any of the possible tests.

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Dependent claims

A method of invoking and monitoring of tests executed by multiple, diverse control systems/algorithms on a main controller comprising:

invoking execution of a test by sending a request from a monitor system to the main controller;
retrieving expected test results from a monitor system memory;
performing the requested test to generate actual test results;
normalizing the actual test results to generate test result values that are not specific to the particular test that was requested;
and
comparing the normalized test result values to the expected test results to determine whether the actual test results were correct.

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Method and system for independent monitoring of multiple control systems

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Abstract

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