Debugging method and monitoring method for analysis instruments
AssigneeHoriba, Ltd.
InventorHiroshi Kurisu
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Abstract
A method of debugging and a method of monitoring an analysis instrument are provided. A microcomputer of the analysis instrument is provided with a debugging personal computer connected thereto via remote communication means. The analysis instrument has detecting means for checking operation status installed therein. An operator debugs contents stored in the analysis instrument via the communication means after checking as to whether trouble exists in each device according to testing information provided by the detecting means.
Claims10
A method for debugging an analysis instrument, the analysis instrument including:
- a detector;
- a feeder for supplying a sample to be analyzed to the detector, the detector for detecting the sample and providing an output of a detected value;
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- a microcomputer with a storage device, the microcomputer for processing and calculating an analysis value according to the detected value from the detector and contents of the storage device;
- said method comprising the steps of:
- connecting a debugging computer to the microcomputer of the analysis instrument via remote communication means;
- checking the detector and the feeder as to whether trouble exists therein by means of the debugging computer via the communication means;
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- debugging the contents of the storage device with the debugging computer via the communication means.
A debugging method for removing bugs from an analysis instrument, the analysis instrument including:
- an analyzing detector for detecting a sample and providing an output of detected value;
- a microcomputer for processing and calculating an analysis value according to the detected value from the analyzing detector and on the basis of an arithmetic operation program for calculation of the analysis value stored in a storage device;
- a feeder for supplying the sample to be analyzed to the analyzing detector;
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- a plurality of detecting means for respectively checking the operation status of each device of the analyzing detector and the feeder;
- said debugging method comprising the steps of:
- connecting a debugging computer to the microcomputer via remote communication means;
- sending testing information from the detecting means for checking operation status via the communication means to an output device of the debugging computer to determine whether trouble exists in each device of the detector and the feeder;
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- debugging the contents of the storage device with the debugging computer via the communication means.
A monitoring method for checking the operation status of a metal analysis instrument, the metal analysis instrument including:
- a furnace for generating gas from a metal including impurities;
- a gas concentration detector for detecting the impurities in the gas and giving an output of detected value;
- a feeder for supplying the gas generated in the furnace to the gas concentration detector;
- a microcomputer for processing, according to the detected value from the gas concentration detector, an arithmetic operation program stored in a storage device for calculating analysis value, thereby calculating concentrations of the impurity elements in the metal and giving an output of element concentration;
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- multiple types of detecting means for checking the operation status of each device of the gas concentration detector and the feeder;
- said monitoring method comprising the steps of:
- connecting a monitoring computer to the microcomputer via remote communication means;
- sending testing information from the detecting means for checking operation status to the monitoring computer via the communication means;
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- sending the testing information to an output device of the monitoring computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.