Apparatus and method for remote monitoring and servicing material application systems
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Abstract
A system and related methods for configuring and monitoring a spraying application system for installation and use at a site that is remotely located from the spraying system manufacturing site. The system provides a remote access module that provides spraying system operation and parametric information to be monitored at the manufacturing site to determine how the spraying system is operating and whether repair or maintenance should be initiated. Timer circuits are provided for determining time of usage so that repair/replacement alerts can be issued. Safety related parameters may also be monitored as a backup to the primary monitoring performed at the customer'"'"'s site. The system also provides an extranet or other suitable site available, for example, via the Internet or other communication link, is used to provide an accessible database for historical data and configuration/installation information. A call-in feature is also provided as well as a system query log.
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39 Claims
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29. A system for monitoring a material application system, comprising:
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a material application system in a first building site at a first geographic location;
a material application system monitoring module that receives operating data from said material application system and that is accessible to a communication network;
said monitoring module formatting said operating data into signals accessible via said network;
said operating data comprising one or more characteristics of the material being applied to an object; and
a remote access module in a second and different building site than said first building site with said second building site being located at a second geographic location that provides access by a geographically remote user to acquire said operating data via said network. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for monitoring a material application system which is operating in a customer building site at a first geographic location, comprising the steps of:
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accessing operating data from said material application system over a communication network;
said operating data comprising one or more characteristics of the material being applied;
wherein said operating data is accessed from a second and different building site than said first building site with said second building site being located at a second geographic location so that a geographically remote user can acquire said operating data via said network to monitor performance of said material application system. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39)
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