Techniques for implementing and using failure curve analytics in an equipment maintenance system are disclosed. A method comprises: accessing a failure curve model for an equipment model, the failure curve model being configured to estimate lifetime failure data for the equipment model for different failure modes corresponding to different specific manners in which the equipment model is capable of failing, the lifetime failure data indicating a probability of the equipment model failing in the specific manner of the failure mode; generating first analytical data for a first failure mode of the plurality of failure modes using the failure curve model based on the first failure mode, the first analytical data indicating at least a portion of the lifetime failure data for the equipment model corresponding to the first failure mode; and causing a visualization of the first analytical data to be displayed on a computing device.

A communication interface apparatus in a tank gauging system. The communication interface includes a memory and a processor couple to the memory. The processor communicates using a control application with a tank inventory system that operates over a serial connection; and communicates using a wireless application with tank gauging equipment that operates over a wireless connection.

According to one embodiment, a supervisory circuit includes a trigger determination circuit and a trigger table. The trigger determination circuit receives signal processing signals outputted from a plurality of signal processing circuits as trigger signals, determines whether processing operations by the signal processing circuits are executed in a predetermined order, and outputs an interrupt signal when detecting a trigger signal out of setting. The trigger table is provided with trigger-specific tables corresponding to the respective signal processing circuits, reads a trigger setting to occur next based on a trigger determined as being correct by the trigger determination circuit, and outputs a table read signal to the trigger determination circuit.

A communication interface apparatus in a tank gauging system. The communication interface includes a memory and a processor couple to the memory. The processor communicates using a control application with a tank inventory system that operates over a serial connection; and communicates using a wireless application with tank gauging equipment that operates over a wireless connection

According to one embodiment, a supervisory circuit includes a trigger determination circuit and a trigger table. The trigger determination circuit receives signal processing signals outputted from a plurality of signal processing circuits as trigger signals, determines whether processing operations by the signal processing circuits are executed in a predetermined order, and outputs an interrupt signal when detecting a trigger signal out of setting. The trigger table is provided with trigger-specific tables corresponding to the respective signal processing circuits, reads a trigger setting to occur next based on a trigger determined as being correct by the trigger determination circuit, and outputs a table read signal to the trigger determination circuit.

In one embodiment, a method including analyzing a plurality of dialed sequences that are associated with unrouted calls in accordance with one or more candidacy rules, based at least partly on the analyzing, defining one or more candidate dial patterns for addition to a set that includes zero or more dial patterns in use for call control, and performing at least one action which promotes addition of the one or more candidate dial patterns to the set.

In one embodiment, a method including analyzing a plurality of dialed sequences that are associated with unrouted calls in accordance with one or more candidacy rules, based at least partly on the analyzing, defining one or more candidate dial patterns for addition to a set that includes zero or more dial patterns in use for call control, and performing at least one action which promotes addition of the one or more candidate dial patterns to the set.

A switching device in a network system for transferring data includes one or more source line cards, one or more destination line cards and a switching fabric coupled to the source line cards and the destination line cards to enable data communication between any source line card and destination line card. Each source line card includes a request generator to generate a request signal to be transmitted in order to obtain an authorization to transmit data. Each destination line card includes a grant generator to generate and send back a grant signal to the source line card in response to the request signal received at the destination line card to authorize the source line card to transmit a data cell to the destination line card.

A switching device in a network system for transferring data includes one or more source line cards, one or more destination line cards and a switching fabric coupled to the source line cards and the destination line cards to enable data communication between any source line card and destination line card. Each source line card includes a request generator to generate a request signal to be transmitted in order to obtain an authorization to transmit data. Each destination line card includes a grant generator to generate and send back a grant signal to the source line card in response to the request signal received at the destination line card to authorize the source line card to transmit a data cell to the destination line card.