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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2006
Donald Frank Brockhage, Gardnerville, NV (US);
Erik Dylan Evans, Gardnerville, NV (US);
Mark Leo Gneiting, Gardnerville, NV (US);
Adam Weiss, Minden, NV (US);
Donald Frank Brockhage, Gardnerville, NV (US);
Erik Dylan Evans, Gardnerville, NV (US);
Mark Leo Gneiting, Gardnerville, NV (US);
Adam Weiss, Minden, NV (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for transmitting data between elements of a data acquisition system are provided. The method includes receiving, at a first element, a self-describing control packet including a first configuration parameter, the first configuration parameter controls first data acquisition by the first element, acquiring first data by the first element in accordance with the first configuration parameter, generating a self-describing data packet including an identifier for the first configuration parameter and the acquired first data, and interpreting the acquired first data using the identifier.