Predictive Automated Maintenance System (PAMS)
First Claim
1. A method of performing preventative, routine and repair maintenance on at least one of a plurality of geographically remote units, the method comprising the steps of:
- A) establishing a Common Core System (CCS) for each said remote units, said CCS having a unit under test (UUT);
B) linking each said CCS to an Advanced Automated Test System (AATS);
C) networking a plurality of remote users with said AATS;
D) testing said UUT by said remote users through said AATS, said remote users being located remotely to both said UUT and to said AATS; and
,D1) troubleshooting said UUT while said CCS is linked to said AATS, said step D1) being accomplished by said remote users.
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Abstract
A method of performing preventative, routine and repair maintenance on a plurality of geographically remote units includes the step of establishing a Common Core System (CCS), or portion of a unit under test (UUT) component that has a common configuration for each unit. The CCS can be established at manufacture, or it can be back fitted by hardware implementation on legacy UUT'"'"'s. Each CCS is networked to an Advanced Automated Test System (AATS), which is further networked to a central knowledge database and to a plurality of remote users. The remote users can access the AATS through the network to conduct remote tests of the UUT through the CCS, and to troubleshoot the UUT in response to a UUT test fault. The central knowledge database can further store configuration and operation history for the UUT, to maintain configuration control and to predict a Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) for the UUT.
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2 Claims
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1. A method of performing preventative, routine and repair maintenance on at least one of a plurality of geographically remote units, the method comprising the steps of:
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A) establishing a Common Core System (CCS) for each said remote units, said CCS having a unit under test (UUT); B) linking each said CCS to an Advanced Automated Test System (AATS); C) networking a plurality of remote users with said AATS; D) testing said UUT by said remote users through said AATS, said remote users being located remotely to both said UUT and to said AATS; and
,D1) troubleshooting said UUT while said CCS is linked to said AATS, said step D1) being accomplished by said remote users.
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