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Railway controller with improved application programming

A controller and railway technology, applied in railway traffic management, railway car body parts, railway signal and safety, etc., can solve problems such as difficult to confirm EPROM

Active Publication Date: 2007-02-14
GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
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The physical size of the EPROM package limits the amount of written information that can be supplied with the EPROM, making it difficult for the installer to confirm that he / she has selected the correct programmed EPROM for a particular application

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[0013] figure 1 An example of a wayside installation in the form of a detection and warning system for a railway crossing 10 is shown. The crossing 10 is formed by crossing a railway (or track) 12 and a road 14 . A road vehicle 16 is shown on the road 14 approaching the crossing 10 and a rail vehicle 18 is shown on the rail 12 also approaching the crossing. A protective enclosure 20 is located adjacent to the crossing for housing controls for operating the crossing rail 22 , signal warning siren 24 and warning lights 26 . exist figure 1 , with two #24' instead of #24 and #26.

[0014] Such as figure 2 As shown, enclosure 20 houses controller 28 , rail vehicle detector 30 and communication interface 32 . These elements are well known in the art and are used to detect the presence of a railway vehicle, as well as the approach of a railway vehicle to the crossing 10, and the passage of a railway vehicle through the crossing. Controller 28 operates crossing rail 22 , warnin...

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Abstract

A multi-use wayside railway control system for installation and use in operating wayside railway equipment in a railway wayside application selected from among a plurality of differing railway wayside applications in which the control system could be used. The system includes detectors (30) responsive to and generating data indicative of operating conditions of the selected wayside application, with the data being transmitted to a controller (28). The controller receives data from the detectors and is responsive to the data for operating the wayside equipment. A programmed processor (34) is operatively associated with the controller and includes a software program storage device (36) for storing a plurality of separately selectable operating programs (54), each of the operating programs comprising application specific information for a selected wayside application and corresponding configuration of wayside equipment. A control display unit (38) connectible to the program storage device enables selection of one of the stored operating programs compatible with the selectable wayside application and corresponding wayside equipment configuration for use by the controller.

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[0001] This application claims the benefit of US Provisional Application No. 60 / 541,437, filed February 3,2004. technical field [0002] The present invention relates generally to the field of railway equipment, and more particularly to railway wayside equipment and control systems adapted to application specific site configurations. Background technique [0003] Railway control equipment such as wayside signaling equipment, wayside crossing equipment, and wayside interlocking equipment are individually controlled in a manner that ensures that the operation of the equipment is appropriate to the characteristics and configuration of the application. For example, depending on the speed limit on the railway and the configuration of the crossing, i.e. whether it is a single-track crossing or a multi-track crossing, and the speed of the railway vehicles on the track, driving such as warning lights, warning bells, etc. at different advance distances of the approaching railway vehic...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B61L29/00
Inventor 史蒂夫·R·墨菲戴维·J·韦德肖恩·T·克拉克
Owner GENERAL ELECTRIC CO