Control and monitoring apparatus for fluid dispensing means
First Claim
1. Control and monitoring apparatus for fluid dispensing means comprising a first electronic control means and a second electronic control means, in which the first electronic control means is adapted to directly control and monitor fluid dispensing means with which the apparatus is used, in which the first electronic control means and the second electronic control means are connected by means of a remote communications link, and in which the second electronic control means is adapted to remotely control and monitor the first electronic control means.
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Abstract
Control and monitoring apparatus for fluid dispensing means comprising a first electronic control means and a second electronic control means, in which the first electronic control means is adapted to directly control and monitor fluid dispensing means with which the apparatus is used, in which the first electronic control means and the second electronic control means are connected by means of a remote communications link, and in which the second electronic control means is adapted to remotely control and monitor the first electronic control means.
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26 Claims
- 1. Control and monitoring apparatus for fluid dispensing means comprising a first electronic control means and a second electronic control means, in which the first electronic control means is adapted to directly control and monitor fluid dispensing means with which the apparatus is used, in which the first electronic control means and the second electronic control means are connected by means of a remote communications link, and in which the second electronic control means is adapted to remotely control and monitor the first electronic control means.
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18. Fluid dispensing means comprising, a first electronic control means, adapted to directly control and monitor said fluid dispensing means, and a second electronic control means adapted to remotely control and monitor the first electronic control means, in which the first electronic control means and the second electronic control means are connected by means of a remote communications link.
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19. Control and monitoring apparatus for a network of fluid dispensing means comprising two or more first electronic control means and a second electronic control means, in which each first electronic control means is adapted to directly control and monitor a fluid dispensing means with which it is used, in which each first electronic control means is connected to the second electronic control means by means of a remote communications link, and in which the second electronic control means is adapted to remotely control and monitor each first electronic control means.
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20. A computer program product carried by a carrier medium, comprising a controlling sub-program, a monitoring sub program and a database sub program, in which when the computer program product is run on a computer, said computer is adapted to remotely control and monitor a first electronic control means adapted to directly control and monitor fluid dispensing means with which the first electronic control means is used.
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21. A method of using control and monitoring apparatus for fluid dispensing means, in which the control and monitoring apparatus comprises a first electronic control means and a second electronic control means, in which the first electronic control means is adapted to directly control and monitor fluid dispensing means with which the apparatus is used, in which the first electronic control means and the second electronic control means are connected by means of a remote communications link, and in which the second electronic control means is adapted to remotely control and monitor the first electronic control means, including the following steps:
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i) Operating the second electronic control means such that a set of pre-programmed operating instructions is sent to the first electronic control means via the remote communications link; ii) Operating the first electronic control means according to the set of pre-programmed operating instructions such that the first electronic control means automatically periodically operates said fluid dispensing means and automatically controls the duration of operation and/or the quantity of fluid dispensed. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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Specification