Method and apparatus for controlling sampling of events involving a fluid control

An apparatus for controlling sampling of an event involving a fluid flow, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• a storage device communicatively coupled to the processor and comprising firmware having executable code that is executed by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
• receive an input selection of at least one situational parameter among multiple selectable situational parameters, each having an associated parameter value;
• receive an input selection of at least one calculation basis parameter among multiple selectable calculation basis parameters and entry of an associated value;
• perform a computation that calculates a result containing one or more values corresponding to a flow trigger based on at least one calculation basis parameter and value and at least one situational parameters;
• and
• enabling a collection mechanism that is communicatively coupled to the processor to initiate collection of samples of the fluid flow based on the determined one or more values corresponding to the flow trigger.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage device;
• and
• program code on the computer readable storage device that when executed by a processor within a flow sampling apparatus causes the apparatus to:
• receive a selection of at least one situational parameter among multiple selectable situational parameters, each having an associated parameter value, wherein receiving the selection of one or more situational parameters comprises one or more of:
• (a) receiving an input selection of at least one situational parameter and of a corresponding parameter value to assign to each selected situational parameter and (b) selecting at least one stored situational parameter, which includes a corresponding stored parameter value assigned to the at least one stored situational parameter;
• receive an input selection of at least one calculation basis parameter among multiple selectable calculation basis parameters and an associated value;
• perform a computation that calculates a result containing one or more values corresponding to a flow trigger based on the selected at least one calculation basis parameter and value and the selected at least one situational parameters;
• and
• enable a collection mechanism that is communicatively coupled to the processor to initiate collection of samples of the fluid flow based on the determined one or more values corresponding to the flow trigger.