Patent ID: 8295998
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: B61L,H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication system for controlling sharing of data across a plurality of subsystems on a locomotive, the communication system comprising an open defined interface unit configured so that a plurality of applications may access locomotive control system data in a common defined manner with predictable results, wherein the open defined interface unit comprises: a data manager unit configured to manage at least one of a transmission of data from a control system of the locomotive to the plurality of applications, a transmission of data between the applications in the plurality of applications, a transmission of data from a sensor to one or more of the applications in the plurality of applications, a transmission of data from a communication management unit to the plurality of applications, or a transmission of data from off-board the locomotive to the plurality of applications; and a control manager unit configured to receive control input from the plurality of applications and process the control input for providing the control input to the control system for use in operating the locomotive.