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Jds Uniphase Corporation

Novx Systems Inc.

Novx Systems Canada, Inc.

Keith Beckley

Stephen Wesley Leonard

Robert Maaskant

Tino Alavie

Frank Faqiu Liang

Samad Talebpour

Nigel Copner

Ming Gang Xu

A Tino Alavie

Phil Sikora

Basil Allos

Andrew Hudson

William Yang

A remote computing device associated with a remote apparatus obtains information related to the apparatus, and generates a file containing the information. The file is uploaded to a file transfer server. An apparatus management and computing system monitors the file transfer server and identifies newly generated and uploaded files. The files are downloaded and parsed to extract the information related to the remote apparatus. The parsed information is stored in a database and made available to a user through a monitor application. The system may be configured for the monitoring of multiple remote apparatuses. The remote computing device associated with a given remote apparatus may also monitor the file transfer server and obtain instruction files generated and uploaded by the apparatus management and computing system.

File transfer system and method for monitoring and management of remote devices

The present invention provides a bar-code driven, completely automated, microplate-based analyzer system for performing chemical, biochemical or biological assays. The analyzer is a modular, bench-top instrument that compactly integrates subsystems for sample dispensing, liquid handling, microplate transport, thermal incubation, vortexing, solid phase separation and optical reading. An internal processor is included for automating the instrument, and a user interface to facilitate communication with the operator via a touch-sensitive liquid-crystal display (LCD), and communicating with a remote network via multiple protocols. The analyzer includes firmware resident within the processing system and the user interface allows the operator to select pre-defined assay batch protocols and the user interface is configured in such as way so as to restrict an operator from programming the firmware.

Automated analyzer

The present invention provides methods and devices for optical performance monitoring using co-located switchable fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) in conjunction with a few detectors. This arrangement combines the merit of both tunable FBG filters and discrete detectors to achieve high spectral resolution, fast detection process and great dynamic range. By using parallel co-located FBGs in conjunction with a banded architecture, the tuning range of each FBG becomes much smaller (equivalent of &#x2dc;0.08% strain). As a result, not only does the update speed of the spectral characteristics for each channel become much faster, but it effectively eliminates the concern of FBG long-term reliability as well.

Optical performance monitor using co-located switchable fiber bragg grating array

An optical performance monitor having a tunable fiber grating sandwiched between the first and second reflective surfaces of a fiber etalon provides high sensitivity, while simultaneously monitoring an optical data signal. Individual channels within the optical data signal are monitored by tuning the fiber grating over the wavelength range of the optical data signal to measure an intensity of each channel. As the tunable grating scans the wavelength range of interest, it simultaneously changes the resonant cavity length of the etalon, thus allowing the etalon to effectively monitor the tunable grating with a wavelength outside the wavelength range of the optical data signal.

Optical performance monitor

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Keith Beckley