| 摘要 |
Proposed is a high throughput system composed from individual computer-controlled sample-processing stations, each of which is assigned at least one instrument identifier (ID). Each sample array that has to be processed in the system is uniquely associated with a specific electronic memory that can be accessed by the sample array processing stations of the system. This memory may be located on memory chips built into or removably attached to sample plates that carry the samples to be analyzed, or in a location remote from the sample plates, e.g., in a CPU. The instrument ID specific records of executable commands that are stored in the memory comprise a set of commands for controlling processing of associated sample arrays on a station the type of which matches the ID. Each executable command for the station of a particular type has to be provided with a command definition record (CDR) that includes at least a command name and the processing station ID to which this command is addressed. The system also includes "writing" stations that can not only write the data into the memory but also read the data back from the memory, e.g., for checking the content of the electronic memory, when necessary. If a command specific CDR is available on the specific writing station of the system, then this command can be inputted into the flow of commands from that station.
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