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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2003
Ramesh Paturi, Hyderabad, IN;
Rangababu Naga Venkata Thota, Sccuncrabad, IN;
Ravi Bhushan Konduru, Hyderabad, IN;
David Wilbon, Buchannan, VA (US);
Robert A. Seymour, Roanoke, VA (US);
Brian N. Meyer, Salem, VA (US);
John S. Harrison, Roanoke, VA (US);
Ramesh Paturi, Hyderabad, IN;
Rangababu Naga Venkata Thota, Sccuncrabad, IN;
Ravi Bhushan Konduru, Hyderabad, IN;
David Wilbon, Buchannan, VA (US);
Robert A. Seymour, Roanoke, VA (US);
Brian N. Meyer, Salem, VA (US);
John S. Harrison, Roanoke, VA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A handheld device is provided in communication with an EEPROM in a control of a vehicle. Software in the device provides for reading EEPROM settings, writing EEPROM settings, retrieving fault data, a sentry monitoring mode, and flash downloading the control. A system for communicating with the control includes the handheld device, the control including an EEPROM, a communications link between the handheld device and the control, and software loaded into the handheld device for reading and updating settings stored in the EEPROM. A storage medium and a method provides an install tool for installing computer program code onto the handheld device and displaying a main menu, the main menu listing options for communicating between the computer and the EEPROM, the options including EEPROM settings, fault and sentry, and flash download.