Method and system for performing remote diagnostics on a process data access
US8095632B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 14, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 7, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/288
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed are diagnostic utilities and complimentary interfaces that enable users to observe, from a remote location, the configuration and operation of data access servers and associated data source devices. The servers provide diagnostic data and server-specific diagnostic schema used by a diagnostic utility to analyze the received diagnostic data. Engines within servers supply data associated with diagnostic roots within each server. In an embodiment, the set of diagnostic root types is extensible. First, the diagnostic roots are extended by adding to the scope of data items provided by base diagnostic objects. Second, entirely new diagnostic object root types can be added for a particular server. A diagnostic utility development environment provides a set of class libraries for creating server-specific portions. Server developers use a class library to create customized diagnostic objects. The class library supports both pushing data to the diagnostic utility and serving requests from the diagnostic utility.
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