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Instrument control system and methods

  • US 8,332,737 B2
  • Filed: 06/26/2009
  • Issued: 12/11/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of controlling an instrument in communication with a host computer, said method comprising:

  • sending a command to perform an action from said host computer to an embedded controller;

    processing the command by the embedded controller;

    controlling operations of an instrument that must be completed on schedule via said embedded controller embedded in said instrument;

    periodically sending a status packet to a host computer,wherein status values in each status packet are updated with each iteration of said sending a status packet.

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