Brunswick Corporation

Emerson Electric Company

George William Buckley

James P Lynch

Jeffery C Ehlers

Daniel E Clarkson

Phillip K Gaynor

Vojislav V Divljakovic

Joseph A Kline, Sr

Ronald Ivar Hannula, Jr

Michael I Henderson

Israel E Alguindigue

Austin H Bonnett

Robert P Bauer

Nancy L Quist

Thomas W Grudkowski

A control system for a marine vessel incorporates a marine propulsion system that can be attached to a marine vessel and connected in signal communication with a serial communication bus and a controller. A plurality of input devices and output devices are also connected in signal communication with the communication bus and a bus access manager, such as a CAN Kingdom network, is connected in signal communication with the controller to regulate the incorporation of additional devices to the plurality of devices in signal communication with the bus whereby the controller is connected in signal communication with each of the plurality of devices on the communication bus. The input and output devices can each transmit messages to the serial communication bus for receipt by other devices.

Control system for a marine vessel

A distributed diagnostic system in which a plurality of local monitoring devices collect local information concerning various machines and process that information, according to redefined diagnostic parameters, for diagnostic purposes. The local information collected by the plurality of local monitoring devices is provided to a global processor that globally processes the collected information to provide updated diagnostic parameters to the local monitoring devices.

Distributed diagnostic system

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Fond du Lac, WI, United States of America

George William Buckley