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Data acquisition system having setup duplication capability

  • US 5,295,063 A
  • Filed: 04/22/1992
  • Issued: 03/15/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of effecting a setup record change throughout a plurality of appliances, each appliance having a memory storing an original setup record, the setup record including a plurality of setup parameters, comprising the steps of:

  • providing an interrogator having a memory including a first and a second buffer register, the first buffer register storing the new setup parameters;

    interrogating a first of the plurality of appliances with the interrogator wherein the appliance transmits to the interrogator its original setup record stored in the appliance'"'"'s memory;

    storing the original setup record transmitted by the appliance in the second buffer register of the interrogator'"'"'s memory;

    replacing the original setup parameters of the original setup record stored in the second buffer register with the new setup parameters stored in the first buffer register to create a new setup record in the second buffer register;

    transmitting the new setup record stored in the second buffer register to the appliance wherein the original setup record stored in the memory of the appliance is replaced by the new setup record; and

    repeating the above steps with respect to each of the plurality of appliances.

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