Patent ID: 7792618

Claim:
A concrete vehicle comprising: a chassis including a frame and wheels; a concrete handling system supported by the frame and wheels; a vehicle subsystem control system which comprises an electronic control unit, the vehicle subsystem control system being configured to include status information for a plurality of vehicle parameters, the vehicle subsystem control system being configured to implement a diagnostic test; a wireless communication system configured to communicate with an off-board electronic device and the vehicle subsystem control system, the wireless communication system being configured to communicate status information pertaining to at least one vehicle parameter to the off-board electronic device; and the wireless communication system configured to receive commands from the off-board electronic device, the off-board electronic device being configured to communicate a diagnostic test command to the vehicle subsystem control system via the wireless communication system, the diagnostic test command comprising instructions for implementing the diagnostic test; wherein the diagnostic test is implemented on a vehicle component when a predetermined vehicle condition exists; wherein the vehicle subsystem control system is configured to monitor at least one concrete vehicle data to determine when the predetermined vehicle condition is achieved; wherein the vehicle subsystem control system is configured to implement the diagnostic test on the vehicle component in response to the diagnostic test command, the diagnostic test command being based on an occurrence of the predetermined vehicle condition.