Patent ID: 8612072
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: B63H

Abstract:
1. A system for automatically instancing marine engines of a marine vessel, the system comprising: a plurality of servo controllers; a plurality of engine control units; the plurality of engine control units, each having an address and being electronically paired with a respective one of the servo controllers; and a vessel controller in communication with the servo controllers; the servo controllers, the engine control units and the vessel controller connected to and communicating with one another via a network, the vessel controller commanding the servo controllers to switch off the engine control units, the vessel controller then commanding in turn each of the servo controllers to switch on its paired one of the engine control units, read the address of its paired one of the engine control units, switch off its paired one of the engine control units, and convey the address back to the vessel controller, and the vessel controller then comparing the addresses of the engine control units; whereby if at least two of the addresses of the engine control units are duplicates of each other, the vessel controller ascertains that at least one of the addresses of the engine control units needs to be changed.