A method of implementing vibration suppression at equipment residing at a local site includes the steps of transmitting a prompt from a remote site to the local site, automatically sensing vibration response information from the equipment in response to the prompt, and transmitting the sensed vibration response information to the remote site. The method further includes the steps of analyzing the sensed vibration response information at the remote site and creating a vibration suppression algorithm based on the analyzed information. Another prompt is then transferred from the remote site to the local site, and in response thereto, vibrations are induced within the equipment at the local site in accordance with the vibration suppression algorithm, and additional vibration response information from the equipment is sensed. The additional vibration response information is transmitted to and analyzed at the remote site where a modified suppression algorithm is created and transmitted to the local site for suppression of vibrations in the equipment.
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/654,607, filed Feb. 18, 2005. This application is filed concurrently with U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/262,083 entitled "Distributed Vibration Analysis and Suppression System with Collocated Control Electronics", and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/260,956, entitled "Kit and Method for Constructing Vibration Suppression and/or Sensing Units", which are expressly incorporated herein by reference.
