METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CONTROL PROCESS FOR AN INSTRUMENT

摘要

A method and an apparatus for the development of a control process for an instrument (5) are disclosed. The method comprises a first step (130) of selecting one or more commands from a plurality of pre-defined commands in which at least one of the selected one or more commands being a purpose-linked command; and a second step (120, 130, 140) of combining the selected one or more commands to produce the control process. The pre-defined commands have a control part for controlling the operation of the instrument (5) and at least one of the pre-defined commands has a purpose part for controlling the purpose of the command. The apparatus for the development of a control process for an instrument (5) comprises a first memory (25) for storing a plurality of control parameters for individual ones of a plurality of commands, a display device (20) for displaying information relating to the plurality of commands, a selection device (30) for selecting ones of the plurality of commands and a processor (15) for combining selected ones of the plurality of commands for producing the control process.