METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE CODE FOR AUTOMATED ESTABLISHMENT OF A DISTRIBUTED POWER TRAIN

摘要

In a locomotive consist having at least a lead locomotive and a remote locomotive with a distributed power system on each locomotive in the locomotive consist, a system for establishing distributed power operations o f the locomotive consist from a single location, the system including a communication network providing communications to and from at least one distributed power system, and a distributed power setup unit in communicatio n with the distributed power system by way of the communication network. The distributed power setup unit has at least one of a processor, display and an input device to allow a user to establish distributed power operations.