Remote management of retail petroleum equipment

摘要

A network management system remotely manages a fuel dispensing network comprising a plurality of refueling stations each including several fuel dispensing assemblies. The network management functions include reconfiguring the fuel dispensing equipment, downloading software updates, monitoring the status and performance of the fuel dispensing equipment, performing diagnostic and troubleshooting procedures, and scheduling maintenance calls and other servicing activity in response to the diagnostic evaluations. The management application performs its various network management functions in conjunction with a plurality of dedicated software agents each resident at a respective refueling station.