A communication device includes an analog connector onboard a vehicle in a vehicle system that is coupled with a multiple unit (MU) cable extending through the vehicle system for communication of analog control signals. The device includes a network connector disposed onboard the first vehicle to communicatively couple with a digital communication network of the vehicle system that is separate from the MU cable. The device also includes a relay to close and conductively couple the control system of the first vehicle with the MU cable and to open to decouple a portion of the MU cable disposed onboard the first vehicle with a remainder of the MU cable that is off-board the first vehicle.


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    Title :

    Vehicle consist configuration control



    Publication date :

    2018-08-21


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    H04L TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION , Übertragung digitaler Information, z.B. Telegrafieverkehr / B61C Lokomotiven , LOCOMOTIVES



    VEHICLE CONSIST CONFIGURATION CONTROL

    COOPER JARED KLINEMAN / KUMAR AJITH KUTTANNAIR / SMITH EUGENE et al. | European Patent Office | 2017

    Free access

    Vehicle consist configuration control

    COOPER JARED KLINEMAN / KUMAR AJITH KUTTANNAIR / SMITH EUGENE et al. | European Patent Office | 2018

    Free access

    Vehicle consist configuration control

    COOPER JARED KLINEMAN / KUMAR AJITH KUTTANNAIR / SMITH EUGENE et al. | European Patent Office | 2018

    Free access