Patent ID: 8880249

Claim:
A method comprising: modifying one or more values of a first set of plural configurable operating parameters for a first engine-generator, the first engine-generator comprising an integrated human-machine interface (HMI) and a first engine management system, the configurable operating parameters utilized by the first engine management system to control operations of the first engine-generator, and the one or more values of the first set modified based on user operation of the HMI; locally saving the one or more values of the first set of the configurable engine parameters that are modified, the one or more values that are modified being saved to a memory that is local to the first engine-generator; transferring the first set of configurable operating parameters, including the one or more values of the configurable operating parameters that are modified, from the first engine-generator to a separate and distinct second engine-generator; and replacing one or more values of a second set of plural configurable operating parameters associated with the second engine-generator with the one or more values of the first set of configurable operating parameters that are modified, wherein the second engine-generator operates using the one or more values of the second set of configurable operating parameters that are obtained from the first engine-generator.