Data storage and management system for use with a multiple protocol management system in a data acquisition system
First Claim
1. A data storage and management system for use with a data acquisition system including a plurality of remote data gathering devices, each of the plurality of remote data gathering devices communicating according to a respective defined communications protocol, the data storage and management system comprising:
- a machine having a memory containing an object database for storing information representing a plurality of device objects each associated with a respective data gathering device, each device object including;
(a) at least one protocol stack defining the communications protocol of the respective data gathering device;
(b) at least one poll configuration defining the data to be retrieved from the respective data gathering device; and
(c) at least one device data folder defining the groups of data found within the respective data gathering device.
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Abstract
A data acquisition system having a plurality of remote data gathering devices each of which communicates according to a respective defined communications protocol. An object database memory containing data for all of the data gathering devices is provided. Protocol drivers stored in the memory may be retrieved and stacked to form a layered protocol driver in accordance with established ISO/OSI standards. A common messaging interface is interposed between adjacent protocol drivers in the stack and a common database interface is interposed between the protocol drivers and the database memory.
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1. A data storage and management system for use with a data acquisition system including a plurality of remote data gathering devices, each of the plurality of remote data gathering devices communicating according to a respective defined communications protocol, the data storage and management system comprising:
a machine having a memory containing an object database for storing information representing a plurality of device objects each associated with a respective data gathering device, each device object including; (a) at least one protocol stack defining the communications protocol of the respective data gathering device; (b) at least one poll configuration defining the data to be retrieved from the respective data gathering device; and (c) at least one device data folder defining the groups of data found within the respective data gathering device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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