Patent ID: 6625504
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
An engine monitoring and control system, comprising:a tested unit having a symbol table with addresses of monitored and controlled parameters of the tested unit; an external portable personal computer having a memory, a display, and a graphical user interface (GUI) responsive to user commands, for creating customized set of application-specific GUI display pages with icons and text, for displaying received parameter values, and for selecting commands and parameters from the displayed pages; a monitoring software program including a set of computer-executable program instructions running on the personal computer for retrieving the tested unit parameter values and controlling the tested unit performance; and a communication link between the tested unit and the personal computer; wherein the memory receives the symbol table before a test, and the monitoring software program dynamically updates a global arrays table using the addresses from the symbol table during the test, for recalculating necessary data locations, if needed.