Agilent Technologies, Inc.

John B Stratton

Robert Thomas Cutler

Daniel Lee Pleasant

Gopalakrishnan Kailasam

Leon K Werenka

A system and method are provided which add, via an add-on module, synchronization functionality to an instrument that does not otherwise support such synchronization functionality. Various synchronization techniques may be supported by the synchronization module. For instance, in certain embodiments the synchronization module supports message-based synchronization techniques and/or time-based synchronization techniques. Accordingly, in certain embodiments, the add-on module supports synchronization with another device (e.g., another instrument or another add-on module coupled to an instrument) via synchronized local clocks (e.g., IEEE 1588) and messaging over a communication network. In certain embodiments, the add-on module additionally or alternatively supports the use of 'time bombs' to trigger scheduled actions on the instrument with which the synchronization module is interfaced.

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