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Equipment management system

  • US 5,812,874 A
  • Filed: 11/27/1996
  • Issued: 09/22/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/29/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An equipment management system comprising a terminal device that is attached to a managed piece of equipment so as to transmit equipment management data needed for managing that managed piece of equipment and a host computer that is connected to said terminal device by way of a data communication line so as to collectively manage said equipment management data, said host computer setting initial data on said terminal device,wherein said managed piece of equipment comprises an input operation means that inputs to said terminal device a registration code identifying said managed piece of equipment and thereafter conducts initialization,wherein said terminal device comprises a report creating means that creates an initialization report based only on said registration code when initialization is conducted,wherein said host computer comprises a database creating means that creates a database when an initialization report is received from said terminal device, and a non-registered equipment list creating means, andwherein said host computer determines setting values for said terminal device preliminarily based on predetermined values in said database and, when said terminal device has acknowledged completion of setting, said host computer registers equipment management data of a managed piece of equipment whose initialization has been completed in said non-registered equipment list.

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