Developing the Continuous Monitoring Devices of the Contact Network Technical Condition Based on Modern Technical Solutions

The article presents an autonomous low-maintenance diagnostic device that can be connected to a single information network from a variety of devices according to the modular principle to create a distributed diagnostic system. An al-gorithm, the implementation of which makes it possible to establish the pre-failure state of the contact network is de-scribed. Technical solutions have been developed to achieve unlimited autonomy of the proposed complex both in terms of power supply conditions and in terms of data storage volume. The information on the received data pro-cessing technique for the formation of digital prints being given. The proposed devices installation schemes on the wires of the contact network and on the supporting structures consoles are described. A functional diagram of a hardware-software complex for monitoring and diagnosing a contact network has been developed.