| US 7,505,871 B2 | ||
| Diagnosis and troubleshooting for above-ground well systems | ||
| James Simspon Grant, Houston, Tex. (US); Randy Lee Scates, LaMarque, Tex. (US); James Cavitt Garrett, Kingwood, Tex. (US); Jeff A Lambert, Conroe, Tex. (US); Marco Antonio Calzada, Angleton, Tex. (US); and Guy Lamonte MClung, III, Spring, Tex. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Varco I/P, Inc., Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 05, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/825,318. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/837251, filed on Aug. 11, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0040065 A1, Feb. 14, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 19/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/40 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 702—185 [166/66; 340/500; 340/679; 702/33; 702/34; 702/35; 702/113; 702/182; 702/183; 702/187; 702/189] | 9 Claims |

| 9. A method for testing a rig engine of a wellbore rig, the engine used in well servicing operations, the method comprising
monitoring the revolutions per minute of a rig engine of a well servicing rig, the rig engine controlled by a control system
with computer software for controlling the rig engine,
displaying on a display a value of the engine's revolutions per minute,
based on said value determining in real-time if a fault exists related to said rig engine, said determining done by an operator
without accessing the computer software,
correlating said value with suggested remedial action to deal with said fault,
manually moving a joystick of a joystick apparatus which is in communication with the control system to increase the engine
rig speed,
displaying and increase in engine rig speed on the display,
if, despite correct movement of the joystick, there is no increase in engine rig speed, determining that an engine operation
fault is present and proceeding to the step of correlating said value with suggested remedial action,
correlating said displayed value with a suggested remedial action,
wherein an engine sensor monitors rig engine speed and produces a signal indicative of the speed in revolutions per minute,
the engine sensor in communication with the control system via sensor wiring, the control system including a programmable
logic controller, and the joystick in communication with the control system via joystick wiring, the method further comprising
the suggested remedial action comprising one of check engine sensor, check sensor wiring, check programmable logic controller,
and check joystick, and check joystick wiring.
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