Abstract: The present invention provides a diagnostic system for plasma processing, wherein the diagnostic system comprises a multi-modal resonator, a power source, a detector, and a controller. The controller is coupled to the power source and the detector and it is configured to provide a man-machine interface for performing several monitoring and controlling functions associated with the diagnostic system including: a Gunn diode voltage monitor, a Gunn diode current monitor, a varactor diode voltage monitor, a detector voltage monitor, a varactor voltage control, a varactor voltage sweep control, a resonance lock-on control, a graphical user control, and an electron density monitor. The diagnostic system can further provide a remote controller coupled to the controller and configured to provide a remote man-machine interface. The remote man-machine interface. The remote man-machine interface can provide a graphical user interface in order to permit remote control of the diagnostic system by an operator.

Abstract: A test apparatus for testing an electric device includes a plurality of signal input-output units for inputting and/or outputting test signals in response to each of a plurality of terminals included by the electric device, a channel selection memory for storing pieces of channel selection information indicating whether each of the signal input-output units should perform setting based on a setting condition or not, a setting condition memory for storing the setting condition with regard to the signal input-output unit, and a controlling means for retrieving and supplying the setting condition stored in the setting condition memory and the channel selection information stored in the channel selection memory to the signal input-output units based on a setting instruction, when receiving the setting instruction to set the setting condition of the signal input-output unit, wherein when at least one of the signal input-output units is selected by the channel selection information supplied from the controlling mea

Abstract: The operation of a fossil-fueled thermal system is quantified by a method for continuously monitoring the thermal system at a location remote from the system, advising the system operator of corrections, improvements and warnings which improve system operations, such advise may include diagnostic information, Dynamic Heat Rate and notice of tube failures.

Abstract: This invention operates is an adaptation to chart recorders and indicating instruments as a means to detect and store the pen or indicator positions. The method used to capture the information utilizes a sensing element mounted in, on or under the surface on which the pens record or indicators indicate. The pens are equipped to act as pointing devices detectable by the position sensing element. The pen positions are sensed and converted to a format which can be processed and interfaced to other devices.

Abstract: A system for monitoring and evaluating the performance of a network accessible application comprises one or more load servers, each of which is capable of simulating the load imposed upon the application server by one or more clients. The load servers are configured to execute a particular sequence of server requests in order to evaluate the operation of the server under the specified load. Various performance metrics associated with the operation of the network and the application server are measured during the testing of the server, and these metrics are stored for later access by an analysis module. The analysis module identifies those portions of the test data which are statistically significant and groups these significant parameters to suggest possible relationships between the conditions of the load test and the observed performance results.

Abstract: Apparatus for measuring the phase of a predetermined incoming data sequence comprising, sampling means operable under control of a sampling clock to sample the incoming sequence at a frequency not equal to an integer multiple or divisor of the data rate of the sequence, test means operable to record a plurality of the samples in a time-ordered sequence, reference means operable to store a copy of at least a portion of the predetermined digital data sequence, comparison means operable to compare the recorded and stored sequences over a predetermined sequence length and to locate the position of an additional or omitted sample in the recorded sequence, calculation means operable to calculate the time of sampling of the additional sample or the time of sampling of the omitted sample relative to the sampling clock, and output means operable in response to the calculated time of sampling, to output a phase value indicative of the phase relative to the sampling clock, of the incoming sequence.