Patent ID: 7532640

Claim:
A method for translating messages in a multi-protocol environment, the method comprising: receiving, by a gateway onboard a machine, a first message from a module onboard the machine in a first data link protocol used by the onboard module, the message including a first parameter identifier, and a second message from a module off-board the machine in a second data link protocol used by the off-board module, the message including a second parameter identifier; determining, by the gateway, whether the first parameter identifier and the second parameter identifier match corresponding parameter identifiers included in a translation table associated with the gateway; scaling a first parameter value contained in the first message to a parameter value consistent with the second data link protocol using a scale factor associated with the matched first parameter identifier, and a second parameter value contained in the second message to a parameter value consistent with the first data link protocol using a scale factor associated with the matched second parameter identifier; and sending a third message including the scaled first parameter value consistent with the second data link protocol to the off-board module using the second data link protocol, and a fourth message including the scaled second parameter value consistent with the first data link protocol to the onboard module using the first data link protocol.