摘要 |
A train diagnostics system has an on-board control unit (2) linked by a local area network (30) to interfaces (31, 33, 35) to train systems and sensors (32, 34). A wireless interface (11) for transmission of diagnostics data from the on-board control unit. A ground-based server (3) receives diagnostics data and processes it to generate diagnostic reports. The wireless interface (11) transmits the diagnostics data in multiple channels, including a live data channel and a backfill data channel for data not successfully transmitted on the in real time channel. There is a separate software process for each of said real time and backfill channels, and the real time channel process automatically hands over to the backfill channel process a message for which a positive acknowledgement has not been received when transmitted on the live channel. |