Thomas B Jordan

US Patent:

D4165446, Nov 16, 1999

Filed:

Dec 30, 1998

Appl. No.:

D/098451

Inventors:

Thomas Harmon Jordan - Mesquite TX

Assignee:

Westwood Corporation - Tulsa OK

International Classification:

1303

US Classification:

D13162

US Patent:

61724289, Jan 9, 2001

Filed:

Dec 30, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/224562

Inventors:

Thomas Harmon Jordan - Mesquite TX

Assignee:

Westwood Corporation - Tulsa OK

International Classification:

F02D 2800

US Classification:

290 40C

Abstract:

A digital control system and method for monitoring, acquiring data, and controlling the operation of a generator set. The digital control system comprises a computer that receives multiple discrete parameter inputs representing values of analog characteristics and digital characteristics of a generator set. The computer runs a software program to interpret the received inputs as measurements of analog characteristics and status of digital characteristics of the generator set. The computer is capable of graphically displaying and monitoring the measurements and status of the generator set. A method of monitoring and controlling a generator set comprises receiving multiple discrete parameter inputs representing the value of analog and digital characteristics of a generator set, interpreting the received inputs as measurements of analog characteristics and status of digital characteristics of the generator set, and graphically displaying the measurements and status of the generator set. Advantages of the digital control system include the capability to provide a user-friendly graphical display to an operator of a generator set, the capability to display interactive messages that may recommend actions to take in response to a detected fault, the capability to provide warnings based upon multiple discrete parameter inputs, the capability to provide multiple levels of warnings varying in degree of severity, and the capability to write entries to a data file containing information about the operation of the generator set periodically and upon occurrence of a fault.