Instrument monitoring system

A method for interpreting a data stream, the method comprising:

• receiving the data stream sent by an instrument to a controlling device;
• and
• identifying data frames in the data stream using a first process thread by:
• searching for a first instance of a bit pattern in the data stream, the first instance indicative of a location of a first presumed data frame;
• predicting a location of a second presumed data frame in the data stream based at least partly on a relative location to the first presumed data frame;
• determining whether a second instance of the bit pattern exists at a predicted location in the second presumed data frame;
• in response to identifying the second instance of the bit pattern at the predicted location, increasing a count of the bit pattern and continue scanning for the bit pattern at predicted locations in presumed data frames until a threshold for the count is reached;
• and
• in response to the threshold for the count being reached, identify the first presumed data frame and the second presumed data frame as actual identified data frames.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon software instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to interpret a data stream, by executing steps comprising:

• receiving the data stream sent by an instrument to a controlling device;
• and
• identifying data frames in the data stream using a first process thread by:
• searching for a first instance of a bit pattern in the data stream, the first instance indicative of a location of a first presumed data frame;
• predicting a location of a second presumed data frame in the data stream based at least partly on a relative location to the first presumed data frame;
• determining whether a second instance of the bit pattern exists at a predicted location in the second presumed data frame;
• in response to identifying the second instance of the bit pattern at the predicted location, increasing a count of the bit pattern and continue scanning for the bit pattern at predicted locations in presumed data frames until a threshold for the count is reached;
• and
• in response to the threshold for the count being reached, identify the first presumed data frame and the second presumed data frame as actual data frames.