Patent ID: 6836539
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: F02D,G05B,G07C,H04L

Abstract:
A machine remote monitoring system comprising:means for determining identification information of a mobile call station in response to an incoming call from a mobile communication apparatus; communication means which starts communication with the mobile call station via the mobile communication apparatus when the determining means makes a decision that the incoming call comes from a previously registered station; means for confirming an operating condition of a machine on the mobile call station based on the condition data transmitted from the mobile call station in the communication; information providing means for giving an information to a predetermined destination that a failure occurs when a condition data is not of a predetermined normal value or predetermined data showing an occurrence of failure; and troubleshooting means, which starts up a predetermined program when it is confirmed that the failure occurs based on the condition data, and detects the cause of failure, and contents given by the information providing means includes the cause of failure decided by the troubleshooting means.