Patent ID: 11893892
Assignee: THE HEIL CO.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 12:
13. A method of upfitting a refuse collection vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving the refuse collection vehicle, the refuse vehicle comprising:
a chassis supporting a plurality of vehicle components and comprising a Controller Area Network (CAN) vehicle bus configured to transmit data according to a first J1939 transmission protocol in which each of the vehicle components is assigned a Parameter Group Number (PGN)/Suspect Parameter Number (SPN) combination in the CAN vehicle bus; and
a refuse service body physically coupled to the chassis, the refuse service body comprising a service body bus having a second transmission protocol;

communicatively coupling the service body bus to the CAN vehicle bus via a controller;
configuring the controller to perform the steps of:
receiving body data communicated through the service body bus via the second transmission protocol;
processing received body data; and
transmitting processed body data through the vehicle bus via the first J1939 transmission protocol; and

assigning the processed body data to a PGN/SPN combination unassigned to the vehicle components.