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Dynamic error code, fault location, and test and troubleshooting user experience correlation/visualization systems and methods

  • US 9,983,919 B2
  • Filed: 03/18/2016
  • Issued: 05/29/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A fault diagnostic system comprising:

  • a test system configured to perform testing on a system under test (SUT) to produce one or more fault codes (FC) in response to a system failure of the SUT; and

    a diagnostic system comprising a display, a processor, and a storage medium operable to store a plurality of machine readable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to generate a first, second, third, and fourth user experience (UX) and visualization on said display configured to graphically and textually interact with an operator using a plurality of graphical user interface (GUI) elements, wherein said first UX/visualization comprises a flow chart visualization comprising a plurality of troubleshooting steps, said second UX/visualization comprises a first system block diagram at a center section comprising a plurality of subsystems for the SUT and a plurality of first fault code fault location matrixes (FCFLM) associated with each said plurality of subsystems displayed around a periphery of the first system block diagram, wherein each FCFLM comprises a plurality of fault codes (FC) and related fault locations (FL) which are associated with previously identified FLs which have been a source of the FC as recorded by previous test and troubleshooting (TTA) activities, said third UX/visualization comprises a detail view of said FCFLM comprising said FCs and FLs, and said fourth UX/visualization comprises a search GUI associated with an element of said first UX/visualization process flow chart which enables a user to input a FC which then toggles to one of said third UX/visualizations associated with an input FC, wherein said first UX/visualization is configured to toggle between said first UX/visualization and said second through fourth UX/visualizations, said first UX/visualization is further configured to present a GUI element which selects or deselects a FL associated with a FC input so as to permit a reselection of a FC to generate a new FC/FL FCFLM display element if a previously selected FC/FL is determined not to clear a fault.

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