Caterpillar Inc.

Martin Victor Pilgrim

Suneel Venkata Kandula

Anthony Keith Nathan Nelson

Sai Praveen Gundlapalli

Ashish Abraham Varghese

Anthony Nelson

A retrofittable remote control system is provided for enabling remote controlling of an on-board component of machine that is inherently incapable of being remote controlled. An interface control module is retrofitted on machine and is configured to communicate with off-board remote control over wireless communication channel. The interface control module detects presence of an on-board control module that communicates with the on-board component over a digital communication channel. The interface control module is configured to then establish either a digital communication link with the on-board control module or a direct Input/Output (I/O) communication link with the on-board component of the machine based on the detection. The interface control module is configured to send a control signal over either the direct I/O communication link or the digital communication channel via the detected on-board control module, for controlling the on-board component.

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Havenview, Australia

Martin Victor Pilgrim