Patent ID: 6671655
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
A method of diagnosing a malfunction of a machinery system utilizing a video monitor onto which a single technician solely screens pages from solely from a software library comprising the steps of:(a) withdrawing from a first portion of said library a template onto which the technician can enter information relating to said machinery system; (b) manually entering said information from the single technician defining a specific machine and a malfunctioning segment onto said template; (c) withdrawing from a second portion of said library a screen provoked by said manually entered information from the single technician, said screen showing a schematic of the malfunctioning segment with a plurality of buttons; and, (d) clicking on at least one of said buttons to show a location and proper functional data whereby the single technician diagnoses the malfunctioning segment solely by interacting with said library.