Method of customized setting as well as measurement system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11619920-B2
Application number	US-201916374592-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 3, 2019
Priority date	Apr 3, 2019
Publication date	Apr 4, 2023
Grant date	Apr 4, 2023

Abstract

A method of customized setting at least one measurement device, comprises the steps of setting an intended measurement setup on the at least one measurement device manually via a user interface, recording, via a command recorder, at least one remote control command assigned to the manual setting of the intended measurement setup, converting the at least one remote control command recorded into specific instructions, and generating a standalone executable code at least based on the specific instructions obtained from the remote control command recorded. Further, a measurement system is provided.

First claim

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. A method of customized setting at least one measurement device, comprising:
setting an intended measurement setup on the at least one measurement device manually via a user interface that relates to a graphical user interface via which a user may interact with the measurement device, wherein the intended measurement setup relates to settings of the measurement device, which are applied in order to put the measurement device into condition for performing respective measurements;
recording, via a command recorder, at least one remote control command assigned to the manual setting of the intended measurement setup set manually via the graphical user interface such that the setting of the measurement device is recorded by the command recorder assigned to the measurement device;
converting the at least one remote control command recorded into specific instructions, wherein the at least one remote control command recorded is assigned to the manual setting of the intended measurement setup of the measurement device, which was set manually via the graphical user interface; and
generating a standalone executable code at least based on the specific instructions obtained from the remote control command recorded by compiling the instructions and adding dynamic link libraries (DLL) and other libraries based on a specific programming language used by an operating system of the measurement device such that the manual setting made via the graphical user interface of the measurement device is transferred into the standalone executable code, thereby creating a user-defined executable code which extends a functionality of the measurement device with regard to measurements to be performed by the measurement device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the standalone executable code is generated automatically.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the manual setting of the intended measurement setup is converted automatically into the standalone executable code.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the specific instructions are integrated into an already existing code when generating the standalone executable code.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one remote control command is a standard command for programmable instruments (SCPI) command.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one remote control command recorded is read out from the command recorder, and wherein an automatic framing is applied on the at least one remote control command recorded in order to obtain the specific instructions.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein additional instructions are taken into account that are provided by the user.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein other code selected or created by the user is taken into account.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the standalone executable code is loaded into the at least one measurement device.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the standalone executable code is executed on at least one of a separate processing unit assigned to the at least one measurement device or the at least one measurement device itself.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one measurement device is a remotely controlled measurement device.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the user has at least one of remote access and physical access to the at least one measurement device via the user interface.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the command recorder is a remote command recorder that is queried by entering an assigned IP address.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the remote command recorder provides specified path information about standard commands for programmable instruments (SCPI) recordings for user selection.

15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the standalone executable code is provided to the user via the user interface, via which the user is enabled to directly execute the standalone executable code.

16. A measurement device for performing customized measurements, the measurement device comprising:
a user interface via which a user of the measurement device is enabled to manually set an intended measurement setup of the at least one measurement device, wherein the user interface relates to a graphical user interface via which the user may interact with the measurement device, wherein the intended measurement setup relates to settings of the measurement device, which are applied in order to put the measurement device into condition for performing respective measurements, wherein the graphical user interface is integrated with the measurement device;
at least one command recorder integrated in the at least one measurement device, the command recorder being configured to record at least one remote control command assigned to the manual setting of the intended measurement setup;
a conversion module configured to convert the at least one remote control command into specific instructions; and
a code generation module configured to generate a standalone executable code at least based on the specific instructions obtained,
wherein the conversion module and the code generation module are loaded or installed on the measurement device such that a computer is not required in order to generate and execute the standalone executable code.

17. The measurement device according to claim 16 , wherein the conversion module is configured to read out from the command recorder the at least one remote control command recorded.

18. The measurement device according to claim 16 , wherein the conversion module is configured to apply a framing on the at least one remote command recorded.

19. The measurement device according to claim 16 , wherein at least one of the conversion module and the code generation module corresponds to a software module.

Assignees

• Rohde & Schwarz

Inventors

• Ramian Florian
• Lang Florian

Classifications

• G05B19/0426 Primary

  Programming the control sequence · CPC title

• G01R35/002

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• G05B2219/23039

  Remote programmer · CPC title

• G06F8/40

  Transformation of program code · CPC title

• G06F8/51

  Source to source · CPC title