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AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJohn Howard Lovelace, II, Thomas George Cook, James E. Pander
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A method and apparatus for modifying configuration information used to control an on-board monitor located aboard a locomotive. Under the control of a remote monitoring and diagnostic center, the on-board monitor periodically collects information from the locomotive and transmits it to the remote monitoring and diagnostic center. When it is desired to change some aspect associated with the data collection process (including the period during which the data is collected, the types of data collected, etc.), it is necessary to change the configuration file that controls the on-board monitor. The configuration file is changed at the remote monitoring and diagnostic center and then transmitted to the on-board monitor.
A method for identifying incipient failures in a fleet of railroad locomotives, each having a plurality of operational systems controllably monitored by an on-board monitor for collecting operational and fault-related data from the locomotive based on a first set of configuration information in the monitor supplied from a remote monitoring and diagnostic center, wherein the on-board monitor and the remote monitoring and diagnostic center are in selectable communication for transfer of operational and fault-related data and configuration information therebetween, the method comprising:
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