Patent ID: 9222507
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: F16C,G01M,G06K

Abstract:
1. A method of programming alarm and monitoring algorithm parameters into a warning device for monitoring a health status of a bearing having a close range wireless interface, the method comprising the steps of: providing an RFID tag having an integrated circuit with memory for storing and processing information, and a radio for modulating and demodulating a radio-frequency signal; providing an antenna for receiving and transmitting the modulated and demodulated radio-frequency signal, and connecting to the RFID tag; providing a digital bus connecting a microcontroller to the RFID tag; downloading the alarm and monitoring algorithm parameters through the antenna and storing them into the RFID tag's memory; accessing newly stored alarm and monitoring algorithm parameters stored within the RFID tag's memory with the microcontroller over the digital bus; and adapting the alarm and monitoring algorithm parameters preloaded into the microcontroller according to the newly stored alarm and monitoring algorithm parameters.