Patent ID: 7703860
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: B60T

Abstract:
1. A locomotive brake system comprising: a plurality of electronic air brake (EAB) controllers on a locomotive interconnected by an EAB communication network for controlling at least a train brake pipe and a locomotive brake pipe and each having an EAB mode and a remote mode; an interface device on the locomotive in the EAB communication network configured to interface communication between a remote locomotive controller and the EAB communication network; a system controller on the locomotive in the EAB communication network for interfacing communication of the remote locomotive controller with the electronic air brake controllers and controlling the configuration of each of the electronic air brake controllers for EAB mode or remote mode; and wherein the system controller initially polls all the electronic air brake controllers on the EAB communications network of the locomotive and assigns an identifier to each which authorizes them to have a remote mode.