Patent ID: 9321469
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: B61L

Claim Text:
1. A system for expanded monitoring and control of a railroad wayside interlocking system that monitors a plurality of track side and train systems and controls a plurality of train and track control devices, the system comprising: a primary control panel system having a memory, a processor, a user interface including a display and a user input device, computer executed instructions stored in the memory and accessible and operable by the processor, a first communication interface and a second communication interface, the first communication interface coupling to the interlocking system and receiving a plurality of interlocking status messages and for communicating requests as received by the primary control panel system to the interlocking system, the display being responsive to the received interlocking status messages for visually displaying a current status state of the monitored systems, the primary control panel system manages a replication of the received interlocking status messages and communicates the received interlocking status messages or a determined current status state based on the received interlocking status messages over the second communication interface; and a remote control panel system having a memory, a processor, a user interface including a display and a user input device, computer executed instructions stored in the memory and accessible and operable by the processor, and a communication interface communicating with the second communication interface of the primary control panel system and receiving the replicated interlocking status messages or the determined current status state, the display of the remote control panel system displaying the current status state of the monitored systems, the user input device of the remote control panel system for receiving an input request from a user for a change in state of one of the control devices, the remote control panel system transmitting a remote request for the change of state of the control device over the communication interface to the second communication interface of the primary control panel system responsive to the receiving of the input request from the user, wherein the primary control panel system receives the request for the change of state of the control device and transmits an interlocking change of control request over the first communication interface to the interlocking system.