Patent ID: 6693560
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: B63G

Abstract:
A system for monitoring events related to a submarine mast, said submarine mast comprising a host system for controlling operation of said submarine mast, said host system comprising host system communication wiring including a first plurality of communication lines which generally carry supervisory control signals of said host system to submarine mast components and which physically extend through said submarine mast, said system comprising:a microcontroller electrically interconnected to said host system, said microcontroller being connected to said host system communication wiring; a plurality of sensors mounted to said submarine mast; a wiring harness for supplying data from said plurality of sensors to said microcontroller, said wiring harness being formed of a second plurality of communication lines separate from said first plurality of communication lines to thereby electrically isolate said host system from said data from said plurality of sensors and in turn avoid imparting electrical interference to said host system; and a microcontroller memory for said microcontroller to store said data from said plurality of sensors, said microcontroller being operable for automatically transferring said stored data from said microcontroller memory to a storage memory utilizing said host system wiring when said host system wiring is not being utilized by said host system.