Wireless system for providing critical sensor alerts for equipment
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1. A management system for equipment comprising:
- a processor located remotely from said equipment;
at least one sensor being operable to sense a predetermined condition on said equipment;
a wireless communications system being operable to provide communications among said processor, said sensor and said equipment, said processor being operable to issue an alert for said equipment in connection with receiving an indication, from said sensor, of said predetermined condition, said processor being further operable to control said equipment after issuing more than one alert for said equipment in conjunction with receiving an additional indication from said sensor of said predetermined condition.
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Abstract
A wireless system is provided which enables a remotely located equipment monitor to control the equipment in the event that more than one alert or alarm for the same fault condition, at the equipment have been ignored by the equipment operator. Control options include instructing the operator to shut equipment down, automatically shutting the equipment down and putting the equipment in a safe mode of operation.
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1. A management system for equipment comprising:
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a processor located remotely from said equipment;
at least one sensor being operable to sense a predetermined condition on said equipment;
a wireless communications system being operable to provide communications among said processor, said sensor and said equipment, said processor being operable to issue an alert for said equipment in connection with receiving an indication, from said sensor, of said predetermined condition, said processor being further operable to control said equipment after issuing more than one alert for said equipment in conjunction with receiving an additional indication from said sensor of said predetermined condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A mobile terminal for monitoring and controlling equipment comprising:
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a plurality of sensors and at least one controller connected together in a network;
a communications processor for enabling communications between said mobile terminal and a remotely located system controller, said communications processor being operable to transmit sensor signals to said remotely located system controller and to receive at least one alert signal in response to a predetermined sensor signal condition from said system controller, said at least one controller being operable to control said equipment in connection with the receipt of more than one alert signal for the same sensor signal condition after a time interval. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of monitoring and controlling equipment from a remote location comprising:
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receiving sensor information from a sensor monitoring said equipment;
generating a first alert to said equipment from a remote location in response to detecting a predetermined equipment condition at sensor;
generating at least one additional alert to said equipment from said remote location in response to detecting said predetermined equipment condition subsequent to said first alert after a time interval;
controlling said equipment after said equipment is unresponsive to said at least one additional alert. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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