Patent ID: 6029508
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: G01M

Abstract:
A system for analyzing operating parameter data from a machine comprising: an analyzing unit including a first display screen, at least one probe for connecting said analyzing unit to an associated machine for receiving operating parameter data from the machine, said analyzing unit including display processing means coupled to said first display screen and to said at least one probe and responsive to the parameter data for generating display data and causing said display data to be displayed on said first display screen, and a wireless transmitter coupled to said display processing means for wireless transmission of the display data displayed on said first display screen; and a remote portable hand-held unit having no on-board diagnostic processing and including a housing of a size to be easily held in a user's hand and carried about the machine, display apparatus disposed in the housing and having a second display screen, and a wireless receiver disposed in the housing and coupled to said second display screen to receive the display data transmitted by said transmitter for display thereof on said second display screen so that the display on the second display screen is the same as that on the first display screen.