DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR A RAIL VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING DATA WITH A RAIL VEHICLE

摘要

A data communication system (100, 600) for a rail vehicle (102, 602) includes a processing module (122, 618) that is configured to interface with the rail vehicle (102, 602) and with a data reading device (120, 616). The data reading device ( 120, 616) is configured to at least one of electromagnetically interrogate or optically read data that is visually presented on a tangible and non- transitory medium (104, 128, 612, 630). The tangible and non-transitory medium (104, 128, 612, 630) is spaced apart from the data reading device (120, 616}. The processing module ( 122, 618) is configured to receive the data from the data reading device (120, 616) and to use the data in connection with one or more operations of the rail vehicle (102, 602).