Patent ID: 8232892

Claim:
A method of automating service operations at a well comprising the steps of: providing a service rig at the well having at least one input device, an engine connected to an engine electronic control unit having a engine controller area network, an output device, a communication infrastructure, and at least one of a computer and an operator station, wherein the at least one of a computer and an operator station contains a predetermined range of operational parameters; commencing service operations at the well; measuring data at the at least one input device in response to the service operations; converting the measured data into an electrical signal; transmitting the electrical signal from the input device to the controller area network; transmitting the electrical signal from the controller area network to the output device; transmitting the electrical signal from the output device to the at least one of a computer and an operator station via the communication infrastructure; converting the electrical signal into an operational parameter value; and comparing the operational parameter value to the predetermined range of operational parameters.