Fuel Cell Diagnostic Assistant
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This paper describes a diagnostic assistant software project which has been developed for use with a portable fuel cell system. The diagnostic assistant is intended for use in a manufacturing environment to diagnose fuel cell systems which fail factory acceptance testing. Because diagnostic procedures for the fuel cell system are still being developed, the assistant is designed to allow procedures to be modified without software changes. The test configuration interface allows users to create and modify diagnostic procedures and test hardware configurations in a simple graphical interface, without having to modify any of the underlying program. The runtime interface executes test procedures created in the test configuration interface, and is designed to allow the user to quickly and easily diagnose the system, and provide good overview of the system status and test progress. The first prototype of the fuel cell diagnostic assistant has been implemented and tested by potential users. This paper describes the design and implementation of the assistant system and the user testing.
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