Abstract: A method and system for creating a protocol dependent control path for instrument applications. In a representative embodiment, identifications of a client, of an instrument application, of a client specific protocol, and of an application specific protocol are obtained. The client is configured to invoke the application and to communicate using the client specific protocol. The application is configured to communicate using the application specific protocol. Then a control path between the client and the application is automatically created. In another representative embodiment, a system for creating the protocol dependent control path for instrument applications includes a management logic module configured to obtain identification of the client, to obtain identification of the instrument application, to obtain identification of the client specific protocol, to obtain identification of the application specific protocol, and to automatically create the control path between the client and the application.

Abstract: Alteration of a Standard Commands for Programmable Instrumentation (SCPI) command set for instrument control. In representative embodiments, each command of the command set includes a different combination of SCPI grammatical elements; the SCPI grammatical elements are organized hierarchically in a tree data structure; and the tree has nodes with each node comprising one of the SCPI grammatical elements. A node to alter is selected, and an alteration to the selected node is specified. Access to the selected node, as well as to any descendant nodes of the selected node is restricted; the selected node is altered in accordance with the specified alteration, wherein the alteration of the selected node is performed at runtime; and the access restriction to the selected node and to any descendant nodes of the selected node is removed, wherein the access restriction, node alteration, and access removal are performed while the instrument is operational.