Patent ID: 9563492
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G05B,G06F,G07C

Claim:
1. A service diagnostic trouble code sequencing method for a work vehicle, the method comprising: acquiring data associated with one or more components of a work vehicle via an electronic control unit (ECU) in communication with the one or more components of the work vehicle, the acquired data including data from one or more sensors in communication with the ECU; logging, via the ECU, a plurality of diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) associated with the acquired data; querying, via a processor, the ECU for the logged DTCs; determining, via the processor, the logged DTCs related to a first of the components of the work vehicle; determining, via the processor, the logged DTCs indicating that a first range condition has been detected for the first component; prioritizing the logged DTCs indicating that a first range condition has been detected for the first component as being a higher priority than other DTCs relating to the first component; determining, via the processor, the logged DTCs indicating that a first range condition has been detected for the first component which are in an active state; and prioritizing, via the processor, the active DTCs indicating that a first range condition has been detected for the first component as being a higher priority than other DTCs indicating that a first range condition has been detected for the first component.