公开(公告)号：US06487717B1

公开(公告)日：2002-11-26

申请号：US09232104

申请日：1999-01-15

申请人： George Brunemann ,  Thomas A. Dollmeyer ,  Joseph C. Mathew

发明人： George Brunemann ,  Thomas A. Dollmeyer ,  Joseph C. Mathew

IPC分类号： G06F944

CPC分类号： G06F8/65

摘要： A system and method for controlling an engine or machine at a remote unit from a central office, which may be a fixed location, contemplates a transmit/receive interface connected to the computer or microprocessor of the engine or machine controller. This interface is integrated with a communications module that is configured to establish communications with a World Wide Web server on the Internet. A similar system is established at the location of the central office connected to a computer controlled by a fleet owner/operator, for example. The fleet owner can upload machine control data or machine control application software to an intermediate digital file storage maintained by the Web server via the Internet. This data or application software can be accessed and downloaded at any time by the remote operator without any direct interface or communication with the central office. The remote machine controller includes a data entry device that allows the remote operator to issue commands to the Web server to upload or download information, input password or security information for access to the data in intermediate file storage, or leave messages for the central office. The transmit/receive interface at the remote unit includes means for receiving the downloaded information, determining whether the information is application data or application software, and updating the machine controller accordingly. In this manner, either specific data can be downloaded to modify the performance of the controlled machine, or entirely new application software or modified application software can be downloaded directly to the machine controller.

摘要翻译： 用于控制来自可能是固定位置的中心局的远程单元处的发动机或机器的系统和方法考虑连接到发动机或机器控制器的计算机或微处理器的发射/接收接口。 该接口与通信模块集成，通信模块配置为与互联网上的万维网服务器建立通信。 例如，在与由车队所有者/操作者控制的计算机连接的中心局的位置处建立了类似的系统。 车队所有人可以通过互联网将机器控制数据或机器控制应用软件上传到由Web服务器维护的中间数字文件存储器。 该数据或应用软件可以由远程操作员随时访问和下载，无需与中心局直接接口或通信。 远程机器控制器包括数据输入设备，其允许远程操作员向Web服务器发出命令以上传或下载信息，输入密码或用于访问中间文件存储器中的数据的安全信息，或者为中心局留下消息。 远程单元的发送/接收接口包括用于接收下载信息的装置，确定信息是应用数据还是应用软件，并相应地更新机器控制器。 以这种方式，可以下载特定数据以修改受控机器的性能，或者全新的应用软件或修改的应用软件可以直接下载到机器控制器。