Flow cytometer remote monitoring system

A method of remotely monitoring a flow cytometer, comprising the steps of:

• a) producing a signal from said flow cytometer which varies based upon change in at least one particle characteristic of a plurality of analyzed particles;
• b) analyzing said signal with a first computer coupled to said flow cytometer to continuously convert said signal into a viewable data representation of change in said at least one particle characteristic of said plurality of analyzed particles;
• c) serving with said first computer in serial order a plurality of time bound data representation files of said viewable data representation of change in said at least one particle characteristic of said plurality of analyzed particles to a second computer without generating an amount of lag in analyzing said signal from said at least one flow cytometer;
• d) processing said served plurality of time bound data representation files with said second computer to correspondingly generate a first plurality of reduced byte data representation files;
• e) processing said served plurality of time bound data representation files with said second computer to generate a second plurality of reduced byte data representation files each one having fewer bytes than the corresponding one of said first plurality of reduced byte data representation files;
• f) serving with said second computer a requested portion of said second plurality of reduced byte data representation files to a third computer;
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• g) displaying each one of said portion of said second plurality of reduced byte data representation files in serial order with said third computer to provide a viewable reduced byte data representation of change in said at least one particle characteristic of said plurality of analyzed particles.