CONTROL OF VEHICLE-CARRIED WARNING SYSTEM THROUGH CONTROLLER AREA NETWORK (CAN) COMMUNICATIONS OF GLOBAL VARIABLES PROCESSED AS OPERANDS OF BEHAVIORAL EQUATIONS

摘要

Disclosed are controller area network (CAN) nodes and associated methods for communicating through a CAN bus to form a set of communicatively coupled CAN nodes. A CAN node has, and is configured to monitor status of, one or both input and output devices for establishing a vehicle-carried warning system in which an event changing at least one input status causes a CAN message to be broadcast over the CAN bus to change at least one output status. Behavioral equations map input(s) to output(s), thereby resulting in desired actions. Also disclosed is a graphical user interface (GUI) for configuring the behavioral equations.