摘要 |
<p>A method of controlling a plurality of event driven instruments as a single time- controlled synchronous virtual instrument, the method comprising: attaching the plurality of instruments to a common communications network; attaching a control device to the common communication network, the control device containing a local clock, the local clock maintaining a notion of real time; providing the control device with a plurality of trigger times, each of the trigger times associated with one or more of the instruments; and transmitting an event signal to those of the instruments associated with a respective one of the trigger times when the notion of real time of the control device matches the respective trigger time.</p> |