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Method, system, and computer software code for wireless remote fault handling on a remote distributed power powered system

  • US 8,364,338 B2
  • Filed: 03/13/2009
  • Issued: 01/29/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2009
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising:

  • detecting an operational fault on an unmanned locomotive of a train in a distributed power (DP) configuration having the unmanned locomotive and a lead locomotive coupled with each other by one or more railcars disposed between the lead locomotive and the unmanned locomotive;

    communicating information about the operational fault to the lead locomotive through a wireless communication system between the lead locomotive and the unmanned locomotive;

    determining if the operational fault is of a type that requires the train to be stopped or if the operational fault is of a type that may be corrected remotely; and

    autonomously communicating a reset message to the unmanned locomotive to reset one or more components of the unmanned locomotive that are associated with the operational fault that is detected through the wireless communication system between the lead locomotive and the unmanned locomotive, wherein the reset message is communicated to the unmanned locomotive without operator intervention after the lead locomotive receives the information about the operational fault, wherein the reset message is communicated only if the operational fault is of the type that may be corrected remotely.

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