Monitoring apparatus
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1. A monitoring apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of communication units, each communication unit incorporating therein a communication control section, a control section and a memory section, and executing programs for communicating with monitoring terminals via a communication network; and
more than one memory unit, each memory unit storing data therein, wherein at least one of the plural communication units decides on whether or not the operations of the other communication units are normal, depending on the contents of its communications with the other communication units, and the decision is displayed on a personal computer placed outside the monitoring apparatus.
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Abstract
A monitoring apparatus having a plurality of communication units, each of which incorporates therein a communication control section, a control section and a memory section, and executes programs for communicating with monitoring terminals via a communication network; and memory units, each storing data therein. The monitoring apparatus has a function that at least one of the plural communication units decides on whether or not the operations of the other communication units are normal, depending on the contents of its communications with the other communication units, and also a function that the decision is displayed on a personal computer placed outside the monitoring apparatus.
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1. A monitoring apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of communication units, each communication unit incorporating therein a communication control section, a control section and a memory section, and executing programs for communicating with monitoring terminals via a communication network; and
more than one memory unit, each memory unit storing data therein, wherein at least one of the plural communication units decides on whether or not the operations of the other communication units are normal, depending on the contents of its communications with the other communication units, and the decision is displayed on a personal computer placed outside the monitoring apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5)
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3. A monitoring apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of communication units, each communication unit incorporating therein a communication control section, a control section and a memory section, and executing programs for communicating with monitoring terminals via a communication network;
more than one memory unit, each memory unit storing data therein, and an input/output device, wherein the input/output device decides on whether or not the operations of the communication units are normal, depending on the contents of its communications with the communication units, and the decision is displayed on a personal computer placed outside the monitoring apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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