Patent ID: 11858649
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 17:
18. The method of claim 17, further comprising controlling an EP indicator based on the highest EP state,
wherein each EP state of the plurality of EP states comprises one of: the off state; the available state; the ground handling state; or the general operations state,
wherein the off state indicates an associated EP source is not plugged in or has a power quality that is outside a no-trip limit,
wherein the available state indicates that an associated EP source is plugged in, has a power quality that is within the no-trip limit, and has no load,
wherein the ground handling state indicates that an associated EP source is plugged in, has a power quality within the no-trip limit, and is powering ground handling,
wherein the general operations state indicates an associated EP source is plugged in, has a power quality within the no-trip limit, and is powering general operations,
wherein the EP indicator comprises:
an on indication that is illuminated to indicate that at least one of the plurality of EP sources is in a general operations state; and
an available indication that is illuminated to indicate that none of the plurality of EP sources are in a general operations state and that at least one of the plurality of EP sources is in an available state or in a ground handling state, and

wherein controlling the EP indicator based on the highest EP state comprises illuminating or extinguishing the on indication or the available indication based on the plurality of EP states.