With MotivePower’s Central Diagnostic System (CDS) you can monitor locomotive location, health status and manage fleet diagnostics in real-time. Meeting the needs for fleets of all sizes, the CDS system can help improve on-time performance, reduce operating costs and increase revenue through improved productivity, enhanced asset tracking, proactive service management and comprehensive preventive maintenance information.
Features:
- Remote monitoring of vehicle health
- Integrates with the Q-Tron locomotive control system, Head End Power (HEP) genset (where applicable) and Cab Signal system
- Captures 80% of locomotive functions
- Provides faults real-time to the CDS web site
- Intuitive web site display of critical parameters such as:
- Prime mover and HEP operating values such as real time horse-power, fuel consumption, operating temperatures, and more
- Battery current
- Locomotive speed
- HEP kW load vs. time
- Trainline monitoring of critical multiple unit (MU) signals
- Auto Engine Stop/Start (AESS) status
- GPS location tracking for each locomotive
- Optional on-site technicians available to support equipment diagnosis and data analysis
- CDS system utilizes cellular communication or 802.11 wireless
- Secure and reliable CDS data storage
- Email notification to key operation personnel
- Easy to use web interface
- Access to basic diagnostic instructions for both maintainer and operating engineer
- Access to locomotive schematics and manuals
- Ability to access portable test equipment files remotely
- Improves on-time performance