Method of programming a tire monitoring system
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1. A method for registering wheel sensor identification designations in a manufacturing environment in which a plurality of vehicles are located on different assembly lines in close proximity within the manufacturing environment, each of the vehicles have a plurality of wheels having a sensor capable of receiving a command signal, the method comprising:
- for each wheel, transmitting a command signal from an assembly line associated transmitter/receiver to the sensor associated with the wheel;
generating a responsive signal from the sensor including a unique sensor identification designation and an assembly line identifier in response to the received command signal; and
recording in an assembly line database the unique sensor identification designation and assembly line identifier for each wheel sensor based on the responsive signal and thereby registering the wheel sensor identification designations and the assembly line identifier.
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Abstract
A process for identifying TPMS electronic wheel sensors on a production line is disclosed. The line of identification data is transmitted in digital bit stream between the electronic wheel sensor and the production line database. Data from the electronic wheel sensors is provided to the vehicle electronic control unit at a subsequent point on the assembly line.
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1. A method for registering wheel sensor identification designations in a manufacturing environment in which a plurality of vehicles are located on different assembly lines in close proximity within the manufacturing environment, each of the vehicles have a plurality of wheels having a sensor capable of receiving a command signal, the method comprising:
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for each wheel, transmitting a command signal from an assembly line associated transmitter/receiver to the sensor associated with the wheel; generating a responsive signal from the sensor including a unique sensor identification designation and an assembly line identifier in response to the received command signal; and recording in an assembly line database the unique sensor identification designation and assembly line identifier for each wheel sensor based on the responsive signal and thereby registering the wheel sensor identification designations and the assembly line identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of installing a plurality of tire pressure monitoring systems on a plurality of vehicles on separate assembly lines, the method comprising performing the following steps on each of the assembly lines:
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(a) sensing of a vehicle on one of the assembly lines; (b) sending a first RF signal from an assembly line associated transmitter/receiver system on one of the assembly lines to a selected one of a plurality of electronic wheel sensors of one of the vehicles, the first RF signal including at least a command code and a line identification code; (c) sending a second RF signal that is responsive to the command code from the electronic wheel sensor to the assembly line associated transmitter/receiver system, the second RF signal having at least an electronic wheel sensor identification code and the line identification code; (d) providing a message including at least the electronic wheel sensor identification code and line identification code from the assembly line associated transmitter/receiver system to an assembly line control system; (e) providing a vehicle identification code to the assembly line control system; (f) correlating the message to the vehicle identification code by the assembly line control system; (g) repeating steps (b) through (f) for each wheel of the vehicle; and (h) providing at least the electronic wheel sensor identification code for each wheel to an electronic control module of the vehicle from the assembly line production control system. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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