Instrumentation network data system
First Claim
1. A system for transmitting periodically-measured instrument data to working stations residing on a computer network, comprising:
- a processor periodically collecting and processing data from at least one instrument at predetermined collection-time intervals, wherein said processor resides on the network;
a buffering data file located in a storage device of the processor and storing processed data from the processor at the collection-time intervals;
at least one supervision working station residing on the network, periodically accessing the processed data from the buffering data file at predetermined supervision-time intervals, and updating a supervision data file located in a storage device of the supervision working station with the processed data, wherein the supervision working station updates a status word residing in the buffering data file to acknowledge to the processor that the processed data has been reviewed by supervision means embedded in the supervision working station.
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Abstract
An instrumentation network data system that transmits periodically measured instrument parameters or data to work stations residing on a computer network interconnected with the instruments. A processor residing on the network periodically collects and processes data from the instruments at predetermined collection-time intervals. The processor includes a buffering data file to store the processed data. A supervision working station residing on the network periodically accesses the processed data from the buffering data file at predetermined supervision-time intervals and updates a supervision data file in the supervision working station with the processed data.
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1. A system for transmitting periodically-measured instrument data to working stations residing on a computer network, comprising:
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a processor periodically collecting and processing data from at least one instrument at predetermined collection-time intervals, wherein said processor resides on the network;
a buffering data file located in a storage device of the processor and storing processed data from the processor at the collection-time intervals;
at least one supervision working station residing on the network, periodically accessing the processed data from the buffering data file at predetermined supervision-time intervals, and updating a supervision data file located in a storage device of the supervision working station with the processed data, wherein the supervision working station updates a status word residing in the buffering data file to acknowledge to the processor that the processed data has been reviewed by supervision means embedded in the supervision working station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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