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`The present invention relates to the transfer of data and in particular to interface
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`transmit/receive device from which data is to be acquired or with which two--way
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`Existing data acquisition systems for computers are very limited in their areas of
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`In the first group host devices or computer systems are attached by means of an
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`:interface to a device whose data is to be acquired. The interfaces of this group are
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`normally standard interfaces which, with specific driver software, can be used with a
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`variety of host systems. An advantage of such interfaces is that they are largely
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`very sophisticated drivers which are prone to malfunction and which limit data
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`vice versa. Further, it is often very difficult to implement such interfaces for portable
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`The devices from which data is to be acquired cover the entire electrical engineering
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`spectnim. In a typical case, it is assumed that a customer who operates, for example, a
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`field service technician of the system manufacturer visits the customer and reads
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`Another case requiring;
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`electronic measuring device, eg. a multimeter, is attached to a computer system to
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`transfer the data measured by the multimeter to the computer. Particularly when to ng~
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`From these randomly chosen examples it can be seen that an interface may be put to
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`totally different uses. It is therefore desirable that an :interface be sufficiently flexible
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`to permit attachment of very different electrical or electronic: systems to a host device
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`by means of the interface. To prevent operator error, it is also desirable that a-service
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`technician is not required to operate different interfaces in different ways for different
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`applications but that, if possible, a universal method of operating the interface be
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`To increase the data transfer rates across an interface, the route chosen i.n the second
`group of data acquisition ‘systems for the interface devices was to speczifically match
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`the interface very closely to individualhost systems or computer systems. The
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`advantage of this solution is that high data transfer rates are possible. However, a
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`disadvantage is that the drivers for the interfaces of the second group are very closely
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`matched to a single host system with the result that they generally cannot be used with
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`other host systems ortheir use is very ineffective. Further, such types of interface
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`have the disadvantage that they must be installed inside the computer casing to
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`achieve maximum data transfer rates as they access the internal host bus system. They
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`are-. therefore generally not suitable for portable host systems in the form of laptops
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`whose minimum possible size leaves little internal space to plug in an interface card.
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`A, solution to this problem is offered by the interface devices of IC)tech (business
`address: 25971 Cannon Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44146, USA) which are suitable for
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`laptops such as the WaveBook/512 (registered trademark). The interface devices are
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`connected by means of a plug—in card, approximately the size of a credit card, to the
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`PCMCIA interface which is now a standard feature in laptops. The plug—in card
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`conve.rts the PCMCIA interface into an interface known in the art as IEEE 1284. The
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`said plug—in card provides a speci.al printer interface which is enhanced as regards the
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`data transferrate and delivers a data transfer rate of approximately 2 MBps as
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`interface device generally consists of a driver component, a digital signal processor, a
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`buffer and a hardware module which terminates in a connector to which the device
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`whose data is to be acquired is attached. The driver component is attached directly to
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`a connection between a computer and the device whose data is to be acquired.
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`In order to work with t.he said interface, an interface—specifi.c driver must be installed
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`processor of the interface card. As described above, the driver must be installed on the
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`host device. If the driver is a driver developed specifically for the host device, a high
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`data transfer rate is achieved but the driver cannot be easily installed on a different
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`host system. However, if the driver is a general driver which is as flexible as possible
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`l?zu.“ticul:arly in an application for multi-tasking systems in which several different
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`tasks such as data acquisition, data displayand editing are to be performed quasi—
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`driver supporting a special task requests the central processing system of the host
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`share of processor resources is assigned to a special task in particular time slots.
`Conflicts arise if one or more drivers are implemented in such a way that they have
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`many applications. It may occur that both drivers are set to highest priority which, in
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`EP 0685799 A1 discloses an interface by means of which several peripheral devices
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`several branches each of which is assigned to a peripheral device. Each branch
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`communication is initiated if the address is correct. However, this document contains
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`This object is achieved by an interface device accordingto claim 1 or 12 and by a
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`The present invention is based on the finding that both a high data transfer rate and
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`is to be attached to a host device by means of a multi—purpose interfa.ce of the host
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`device which can be implemented, for example, as an SCSI inter:face or as an
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`The interface device according to the present invention comprises a processor means,
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`processor means and the memory means in such a way that the interface device, when
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`interface device according to the present invention combines the advantages of both
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