CN115605929A - System for test and measurement instrumentation data acquisition and exchange - Google Patents
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Abstract
A method of capturing instrument data using a communication device includes: identifying an action performed by a user on the communication device; one of transmitting or receiving a trigger message between the communication device and at least one instrument; storing instrument data in a memory on the at least one instrument; and transmitting the instrument data and user information to a network. A test system comprising: a test and measurement device having at least one communication link, a memory, and a processor configured to execute instructions that cause the processor to: receiving a message over the communication link, saving instrument data into the memory, and transmitting the instrument data to a remote location; and a communication device having at least one communication link, a memory, and a processor configured to execute instructions that cause the processor to: identifying an action performed by a user; sending the message to the test and measurement device, storing association information including user information, and transmitting the user information to the remote location.
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RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application No. 63/030,845, filed on day 27, month 2020, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to settings for an instrument, and more particularly to a system for acquiring and exchanging data from an instrument.
Background
Users of test and measurement instruments, such as oscilloscopes, often use instruments in a complex setup that may include multiple instruments connected to one or more Devices Under Test (DUTs), sometimes through dedicated adapters, cables, or probes. Such an instrumented setup may be used to perform a particular type of test or a particular measurement on the DUT. Often, a user has a need to document the test settings so that it can be copied or recreated at a later time, for example, to compare test data from multiple DUTs. Users also often need to obtain data from one or more test and measurement instruments involved in a setup, and need to share that data directly or indirectly (e.g., via a network cloud-based service) with other users, other test and measurement instruments, or other systems.
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FIG. 4 shows a flow diagram of a method of capturing instrumented data for storage and exchange.
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In embodiments, the disclosed technology includes an application on a smartphone or other communication device that allows a user to perform an action (e.g., take one or more pictures of test and instrumentation settings). This action triggers a system that combines one or more pictures of the physical setup with other data from an oscilloscope or other test and measurement instrument. The picture of the physical setup may show where each instrument channel is connected, what type of hardware is being probed (which means what type of Device Under Test (DUT) is connected), a picture of the particular test and measurement instrument being used (such as model number and serial number or other identifying information), and other characteristics of the physical setup. Data from an oscilloscope or other test and measurement instrument may include information about the instrument configuration, screenshots of the current state of the instrument, and the structured waveform and measurement data files.
The following discussion will use several terms to encompass various topics. The term "communication device" means a device such as a smartphone, tablet, computing device with a webcam, or future device that may replace a smartphone, which may include a stand-alone digital camera, a circuit camera, a microscope, or a hotline camera with a network and/or other connection. The communication device has at least one communication link that allows the device to communicate with the instrument being photographed, at least to the extent that messages are sent to the instrument, and the communication device can use this same or other communication link to communicate with a remote server or storage. The communication device has a processor that executes code that enables it to communicate, a camera, an actuator for activating the camera, and a memory.
The term "photograph" encompasses any picture or image captured by a camera on a communication device, typically stored as a digital image file, such as a visual image, a thermal image, or an image generated from other techniques, such as spectral techniques. These terms will be used interchangeably to refer to the captured image or photograph.
The term "instrument" as used herein means a device that collects data: test and measurement devices, referred to herein as measurement devices, such as oscilloscopes, various types of meters, and the like; or sensors that collect some type of environmental data such as temperature, wind speed, humidity, light intensity, sound level, etc. These are only some examples and are in no way intended to limit the discussion to these particular examples.
The term "instrument data" means data that an instrument has collected and may include, but is not limited to: instrument configuration and/or settings of any instrument involved in the setup; screenshots of displays of one or more instruments; a model and serial number of one or more instruments; a particular test or a particular step of a test being performed on the device under test by the instrument; a structured waveform applied to or obtained from the device under test; and the state of the instrument, such as CPU load, instrument setting information, enabled software licenses on the instrument, any other state-based information. In the case of a measurement instrument, the information may include: connections between the instrument and any other devices (such as other measurement instruments); and a measurement data file.
In embodiments where the instrument is a sensor, the instrument data may include the type of sensor, its current state, the model and model of the sensor, a time and/or date stamp of the sample stored by the sensor for whatever parameter it is sensing, and so forth.
The term "associated information" means information associated with photographs collected by a communication device. Some types of associated information may include similar or identical information listed as instrument data, but the difference between the instrument data and the associated information is: instrument data is collected by the instrument and association information is collected by the communication device. In one embodiment, for example, the association information may include instrument data, but in embodiments where the communication device receives the instrument data directly from the instrument, the instrument data is initially collected by the instrument. The association information may include date and/or time stamps, location, manual or automatic tags, and many other types of information that may be collected by the communication device when the photograph is taken.
"user information" as used herein will typically be collected from the communication device. It may identify the user, provide information for the user's account, such as an email account, cloud account, or other storage account, including a username and password. This allows the photograph, associated data and instrument data to be stored in the user's account separately.
Using this application, the user may capture a physical test setup photo and have the instrument send instrumented data. This collection of data containing images, photographs, waveforms, measurements, manual or automatic user tags, date and/or time stamps, location, etc. may be stored locally on the smartphone or may be automatically transmitted to a central storage location.
Fig. 1 shows an embodiment of a system 10 in which a communication device 12 and an instrument 14 are connected by a network 20, by communication links 22 and 24, respectively. The server 18 may be a proprietary server owned by the entity that owns the instrument 14 and possibly the user's communication device 12, or may be a cloud server on which the entity has an account. The server 18 is connected to other devices via a connection 23 through a network 20. Additionally, the communication device 12 and the instrument 14 may have a communication link 26 through the port 15. In addition to the display 13, the instrument 14 may have a processor 19 and a memory 17. The figure shows the communication link 26 as being bi-directional, but as discussed below, may in fact be a unidirectional link between the communication device 12 and the instrument 14. Also, as shown, the instrument 14 is connected to a Device Under Test (DUT) 16, but this is just one embodiment and the instrument 14 may be a sensor, in which case the DUT would not be there.
As mentioned above, the communication device may be what is commonly referred to as a smartphone or what is required by future embodiments of smartphones. Fig. 2 shows one embodiment such as device 12. The device has a camera 30, which camera 30 will take a picture of the instrument when the user activates the actuator. In current smartphones, for example, the actuator is an image of a button 33 on a user interface such as 34, which is typically a touch screen display. Activation of the actuator 32 will cause the device to send a message to the instrument over the communication link 40. This will then result in a photograph being stored at least temporarily in the memory 36. The processor 38 controls these processes and may have connections to cameras, actuators, memory, communication links, and user interfaces.
Figure 3 illustrates a flow diagram of some embodiments of a process. In a first embodiment, at 50, a user opens an application on a communication device and takes a picture of instrument settings, where the instrument settings include at least one instrument and may include a DUT. The process then saves the photograph and associated information relating to the communication device at 52.
At 54, the user may need to capture an identifier for the instrument, if necessary. This may involve: a list of possible instruments is presented to the user on a user interface of the communication device to allow the user to select a relevant instrument. This selection can be done by the model number and serial number or by another unique identifier of the instrument. Alternatively, the user may use the communication device from within the application to scan QR codes or UPCs on the instrument or read RFID tags, where those codes or tags (such as 11 in fig. 1) identify the instrument. It should be noted that the capture of the identifier may occur before or after the capture of the photograph and before or after the sending of the trigger message, as discussed below.
The identifier will be included in the information associated with the photograph if desired. It should be noted that the acquisition identifier may not be required. The system may use other means to identify the instrument, such as analysis of photographs to identify the model and model of the instrument, and the like.
At 56, the communication device uses the taking of the picture as an indication to send a trigger message to the instrument. At 58, the trigger message triggers the instrument to save instrument data. In one embodiment, the communication device sends the photograph, the associated information, and the user information to the server 18 from FIG. 1 over a network at 60. The instrument will then send the information over separate links to the network for combining at a server or other location remote from the communication device at 62. This may be due to security concerns for proprietary information, etc.
In another embodiment, the instrument receives the trigger message at 56, saves the instrument data at 58, and then transmits it back to the communication device. The communication device then includes the instrument data in the information associated with the photograph and then sends the information to the server 18, at 60, making 62 the optional step. The processor 19 of the instrument may store instrument data in the memory 17 as the processor executes instructions that cause the processor to operate in this manner.
Additionally, in some embodiments, an application on the communication device may emulate a memory device (such as a USB flash drive) such that it may use local memory on the communication device to act as a data transfer mechanism for instrumented settings or sensors. The data transfer mechanism may be used to move data from one device to another (such as from one test and measurement instrument to another), or to use a data connection in a telephone to transfer data to a central storage location, as mentioned above. When used as a USB memory, the communication device may later connect to different instruments at different settings, and then information may be uploaded from the communication device to allow the current settings to duplicate the previous instrument settings. In addition, the application may also receive saved settings and data back onto the instrument or another instrument from a remote location. In addition to storing information on the server and giving access to other users, users can share information among themselves.
While the flow of the processes of fig. 3 may lead one to conclude that those processes must occur in a particular order, no such limitation is intended, nor should it be inferred. For example, the actuation signal of the communication device may occur at approximately the same time as the sending of the trigger message from the communication device to the instrument, with the management of the photograph and associated information occurring later.
In another embodiment, the instrument may send a trigger message to the communication device and cause the communication device to take an image, where the instrument triggers itself to save the data. The instrument trigger itself may come from a dedicated button or other control device on the instrument, or may occur as a result of an event on the instrument. The user may have caused the application to open on the communication device and when it receives the trigger message, the communication device takes a picture. In other embodiments, the user may have set up a digital camera equipped communication device on a tripod or other fixed mounting point, and the instrument sends a trigger message to the device to take a picture.
Many test instruments have a trigger, sometimes referred to as an acquisition trigger, especially in the context of an oscilloscope. The instrument may initiate the entire sequence. An acquisition trigger on the instrument, when activated, will then cause the instrument to send a trigger message. Some instruments have features that allow the instrument to save data when triggered. The instrument will then save in response to acquiring the trigger. Fig. 3 shows process 56 in a dashed box because it may occur in a different order than it might otherwise be implied.
Embodiments of the disclosed technology may use various connection options to an oscilloscope or other test and measurement instrument in order to initiate measurements and/or collect and transfer data. For example, connection options between a smart phone application or other embodiment of a communication device and the test and measurement instruments may include a local LAN, a cloud connection, a USB connection, and other communication interfaces, such as Wi-Fi, bluetooth (Bluetooth), bluetooth (T) T Low energy (BLE), near Field Communication (NFC), Z-wave, cellular, infrared, and so forth. The link may also be made up of an image of the instrument identifier, such as QR, UPC, OCR (optical character recognition), or image processing that can recreate the waveform from the image of the waveform. The identifier may be used to transfer data between the instrument and the communication device.
The disclosed techniques may be applicable to all test and measurement instrumentation. Such instrumentation may even include sensors. For example, embodiments of the disclosed technology further include: the smart phone application is used at 50 to take a picture of the sensor and the picture is saved at 52. The act of taking a picture sends a trigger message at 56 to capture the current state of the sensor at 58, either at the sensor or at the communication device. The act of taking a picture may also capture an identifier of the sensor at 54. The data sent to the server at 60 may take the form of creating a streaming data bucket for that sensor in a cloud-based service for data collection, visualization, and analysis (e.g., a service provisioned by the initial state at www.initialstate.com).
Many types of instrument data from the instrument may be bundled with the photograph. Things like tagging of other things, time/date, location and host can all be part of a data package that is collected and saved or transmitted, whether the data package is captured at an instrument or a communication device. As mentioned previously, the association information is collected by the communication device and may include instrument data, but the instrument data is initially collected by the instrument.
Further, other embodiments of the disclosed technology may not include taking photographs or otherwise capturing images of test and measurement instrumentation settings and/or sensor settings. That is, some users of the system may not need or want photographs with physical test environment settings (e.g., in-test equipment, test instrument(s), connected cable configuration, etc.) whenever, for example, they want to initiate transfer of a collection of data from the test and measurement instrument to a cloud account. In these embodiments, any action performed on the communication device may operate to initiate the transfer of data. For example, rather than the user activating an actuator on the communication device to take a picture, which then causes the communication device to send a trigger message to the instrument as discussed above, the user may instead operate a button on the communication device, touch a particular area of the communication device screen, perform a particular gesture or facial movement recognized by the communication device, pan or otherwise move the communication device in a particular manner, bring the communication device within a certain proximity of the test and measurement instrument, or perform any other action recognized by an application on the communication device. Recognition of this action may then cause the communication device to send a trigger message to the test and measurement instrument to save the instrument data.
In these embodiments, the communication device may not include an image of the camera 30, the actuator 32, or the button 33, as depicted in fig. 2, and the communication device may not store the photograph in memory.
Also, with respect to these embodiments, the term "associated data" means information collected by the communication device in association with instrument data that is triggered to be saved upon identification of an action performed by a user on the communication device. For example, in these embodiments, the association information may include a date and/or time stamp, a location, a manual or automatic tag, a temperature, humidity, or other ambient environmental condition, and many other types of information that may be collected by the communication device in performing the identified action. In these embodiments, the collection, storage, and transmission of the association information is optional; that is, the communication device may be used only to initiate transfer of instrument data from the test and measurement instrument and/or link instrument data to a user's storage or cloud account.
Fig. 4 shows a flow diagram of a process according to some of these other embodiments. At operation 150, the communication device identifies a particular action performed by the user, examples of which are discussed above. At operation 152, the associated information, excluding the photograph, is optionally saved on the communication device.
At operation 154, the user may need to capture an identifier for the test instrument, if necessary. This may be done as discussed above with respect to operation 54 of fig. 3, except that scanning the QR code to identify the instrument is unlikely to be used in these embodiments.
After identification of the action performed by the user, the communication device sends a message to the instrument at 156, which causes the instrument to save instrument data at 158.
At 160, the association information (if any) and the user information are sent to the server 18 of FIG. 1. At 162, the instrument data is sent to the server 18 to link to the user's account.
In some embodiments, at 160, the communication device sends the association information and the user information to the server 18 over the network 20 via the communication link 22, as shown in FIG. 1. At 162, the instrument transmits instrument data to the server 18 over the network 20 via the communication link 24, as shown in fig. 1. The instrument data is then combined with the associated information at the server 18 and linked to the account of the user included in the user information.
In other embodiments, the communication device sends the association information (if any) and the user information to the instrument 14 via the communication link 26, as shown in fig. 1, at 160. The instrument may combine the association information and the user information with the instrument data and send the combined set of data to the server 18 over the network 20 via the communication link 24 at 162, as shown in fig. 1. The collection of data may be linked to an account of the user included in the user information.
And in still other embodiments, the instrument may send instrument data to the communication device at 162, and the communication device sends instrument data combined with the association information and the user information to the server 18 over the network 20 at 160.
In this disclosure, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" include plural referents unless the context dictates otherwise. The term "or" as used herein is intended to be inclusive and mean any, several, or all of the two or more items listed. The terms "comprises," "comprising," "includes," "including," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, or article that comprises a list of elements does not necessarily include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Relative terms such as "about," "approximately," "substantially," and "generally" are used to indicate a possible variation of ± 10% of a stated or understood value.
Aspects of the present disclosure are susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms. Specific aspects have been shown by way of example in the drawings and are described in detail herein. It should be noted, however, that the examples disclosed herein are presented for clarity of discussion and are not intended to limit the scope of the general concepts disclosed to the particular aspects described herein unless explicitly limited. Accordingly, the disclosure is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives to the aspects described in the drawings and claims.
References in the specification to aspects, examples, etc., indicate that the item described may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic. However, each disclosed aspect may or may not necessarily include the particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Moreover, such phrases are not necessarily referring to the same aspect unless specifically noted. Further, when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with a particular aspect, such feature, structure, or characteristic may be used in connection with another disclosed aspect, whether or not such feature, structure, or characteristic is explicitly described in connection with such other disclosed aspect.
In addition, the written description refers to particular features. It should be understood that the disclosure in this specification includes all possible combinations of those specific features. For example, where a particular feature is disclosed in the context of a particular aspect, that feature may also be used, to the extent possible, in the context of other aspects.
Aspects of the disclosure may operate on specially constructed hardware, on firmware, on a digital signal processor, or on a specially programmed general purpose computer including a processor operating according to programmed instructions. The term controller or processor as used herein is intended to include microprocessors, microcomputers, application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), and dedicated hardware controllers. One or more aspects of the present disclosure may be embodied in computer-usable data and computer-executable instructions, such as one or more program modules, executed by one or more computers (including a monitoring module) or other devices. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types when executed by a processor in a computer or other device. The computer executable instructions may be stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium such as a hard disk, an optical disk, a removable storage medium, a solid state memory, a Random Access Memory (RAM), and the like. As will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, the functionality of the program modules may be combined or distributed as desired in various aspects. Additionally, the functionality may be embodied in whole or in part in firmware or hardware equivalents (such as integrated circuits, FPGAs, etc.). Particular data structures may be used to more effectively implement one or more aspects of the present disclosure, and such data structures are contemplated within the scope of computer-executable instructions and computer-usable data described herein.
In some cases, the disclosed aspects may be implemented in hardware, firmware, software, or any combination thereof. The disclosed aspects can also be implemented as instructions carried by or stored on one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, which can be read and executed by one or more processors. Such instructions may be referred to as a computer program product. As discussed herein, computer-readable media means any media that can be accessed by a computing device. By way of example, and not limitation, computer readable media may comprise computer storage media and communication media.
Computer storage media means any media that can be used to store computer-readable information. By way of example, and not limitation, computer storage media may include RAM, ROM, electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other memory technology, compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), digital Video Disc (DVD), or other optical disc storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, and any other volatile or non-volatile, removable or non-removable media implemented in any technology. Computer storage media excludes the signal itself and transient forms of signal transmission.
Communication media means any media that can be used for the communication of computer readable information. By way of example, and not limitation, communication media may include coaxial cables, fiber optic cables, air, or any other medium suitable for communication of electrical, optical, radio Frequency (RF), infrared, acoustic, or other types of signals.
In addition, the written description refers to particular features. It is to be understood that the disclosure in this specification includes all possible combinations of those specific features. For example, where a particular feature is disclosed in the context of a particular aspect, that feature may also be used, to the extent possible, in the context of other aspects.
In addition, when the application refers to a method having two or more defined steps or operations, the defined steps or operations may be performed in any order or simultaneously, unless the context excludes those possibilities.
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Illustrative examples of the techniques disclosed herein are provided below. Embodiments of the technology may include any one or more and any combination of the examples described below.
Example 1 is a method of capturing instrument data using a communication device, comprising: identifying an action performed by a user on the communication device; one of transmitting or receiving a trigger message between the communication device and at least one instrument; storing instrument data in a memory on the at least one instrument; and transmitting the instrument data and user information to a network.
Example 2 is the method of example 1, further comprising: storing the instrument data in a data store on a network associated with the user information.
Example 3 is the method of any one of examples 1 or 2, wherein the communication device transmits the trigger message to the at least one instrument in response to identifying an action performed by the user on the communication device.
Example 4 is the method of any one of examples 1 to 3, further comprising: capturing an identifier for the at least one test instrument; and transmitting the identifier to the network as part of the instrument data.
Example 5 is the method of any one of examples 1 to 4, further comprising: storing the association information in a memory on the communication device.
Example 6 is the method of any one of examples 1 to 5, wherein the association information does not include a photograph.
Example 7 is the method of any one of examples 1 to 6, wherein the association information includes information collected by a communication device associated with the instrument data.
Example 8 is the method of any one of examples 1 to 7, wherein the association information includes at least one of: a date stamp, a time stamp, a location, a manual tag, an automatic tag, temperature data, humidity data, or other ambient environmental conditions associated with the instrument data.
Example 9 is the method of any one of examples 1 to 8, further comprising: transmitting the association information to the network.
Example 10 is the method of any one of examples 1 to 9, wherein transmitting the instrument data and user information to a network comprises transmitting the instrument data from the instrument to a server, wherein transmitting the association information to the network comprises transmitting the association information from the communication device to the server, further comprising: combining, on the server, the instrument data and the associated information; and storing the combined instrument data and associated information in a data store on the server accessed through the user information.
Example 11 is the method of any one of examples 1 to 9, further comprising receiving, at the instrument, association information from the communication device and combining, in the instrument, the association information with the instrument data prior to transmitting the instrument data and user information to the network, wherein transmitting the instrument data and user information to the network comprises transmitting the combined instrument data and association information to a server, further comprising: storing the combined instrument data and associated information in a data store on the server accessed through the user information.
Example 12 is the method of any one of examples 1 to 9, wherein transmitting the instrument data and user information to the network comprises transmitting the instrument data from the instrument to the communication device, combining the instrument data with association information on the communication device, and transmitting the combined instrument data and association information from the communication device to a server, further comprising: storing the combined instrument data and associated information in a data store on the server accessed through the user information.
Example 13 is the method of any one of examples 3 to 12, wherein transmitting the trigger message from the communication device to the at least one instrument includes transmitting the trigger message to a sensor, and instrument data collected from the instrument includes sensor data.
Example 14 is the method of example 13, further comprising: creating a streaming data bucket for the sensor on a cloud-based service.
Example 15 is the method of any one of examples 3 to 12, wherein transmitting the trigger message to the at least one instrument includes transmitting the trigger message to a test and measurement device, and instrument data includes at least one of: configuration of the test and measurement device; waveform data; measuring data; connections for channels on the test and measurement device; the type of device under test; a time stamp; a date stamp; status information of the test and measurement device; and a location.
Example 16 is the method of example 15, wherein the test and measurement device comprises an oscilloscope.
Example 17 is a test system, comprising: test and measurement apparatus comprising: at least one communication link; a memory; and a processor configured to execute instructions that cause the processor to: receiving a message over the communication link; saving instrument data to the memory; and transmitting the instrument data to a remote location; and a communication device comprising: at least one communication link; a memory; and a processor configured to execute instructions that cause the processor to: identifying an action performed by a user; sending the message to the test and measurement device; storing association information including user information; and transmitting the user information to the remote location.
Example 18 is the test system of example 17, wherein the communication device comprises one of a smartphone, tablet, or portable computing device.
Example 19 is the test system of any one of examples 17 or 18, wherein each of the at least one communication link comprises at least one of the group consisting of: cellular connection; wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi); near Field Communication (NFC); an Ethernet; USB connection; a Z-wave; bluetooth; and bluetooth low energy.
Example 20 is the testing system of any of examples 17 to 19, wherein the remote location includes a cloud-based account associated with the user information.
The previously described versions of the disclosed subject matter have many advantages that are described or will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art. Even so, not all of these advantages or features are required in all versions of the disclosed apparatus, systems, or methods.
While specific embodiments have been illustrated and described for purposes of illustration, it will be understood that various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure. Accordingly, the invention is not to be restricted except in light of the attached claims.
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1. A method of capturing instrument data using a communication device, comprising:
identifying an action performed by a user on the communication device;
one of transmitting or receiving a trigger message between the communication device and at least one instrument;
storing instrument data in a memory on the at least one instrument; and
transmitting the instrument data and user information to a network.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising: storing the instrument data in a data store on a network associated with the user information.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication device transmits the trigger message to the at least one instrument in response to identifying an action performed by the user on the communication device.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
capturing an identifier for the at least one test instrument; and
transmitting the identifier to the network as part of the instrument data.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising: storing the association information in a memory on the communication device.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the association information does not include a photograph.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein the association information comprises information collected by a communication device associated with the instrument data.
8. The method of claim 5, wherein the association information comprises at least one of: a date stamp, a time stamp, a location, a manual tag, an automatic tag, temperature data, humidity data, or other ambient environmental conditions associated with the instrument data.
9. The method of claim 5, further comprising: transmitting the association information to the network.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein transmitting the instrument data and user information to a network comprises transmitting the instrument data from the instrument to a server, wherein transmitting the association information to the network comprises transmitting the association information from the communication device to the server, further comprising:
combining, on the server, the instrument data and the associated information; and
storing the combined instrument data and associated information in a data store on the server accessed through the user information.
11. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, at the instrument, association information from the communication device and combining, in the instrument, the association information with the instrument data prior to transmitting the instrument data and user information to the network, wherein transmitting the instrument data and user information to the network comprises transmitting the combined instrument data and association information to a server, further comprising: storing the combined instrument data and associated information in a data store on the server accessed through the user information.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the instrument data and user information to the network comprises transmitting the instrument data from the instrument to the communication device, combining the instrument data with association information on the communication device, and transmitting the combined instrument data and association information from the communication device to a server, further comprising: storing the combined instrument data and associated information in a data store on the server accessed through the user information.
13. The method of claim 3, wherein transmitting the trigger message from the communication device to the at least one instrument comprises transmitting the trigger message to a sensor, and instrument data collected from the instrument comprises sensor data.
14. The method of claim 13, further comprising: creating a streaming data bucket for the sensor on a cloud-based service.
15. The method of claim 3, wherein transmitting the trigger message to the at least one instrument comprises transmitting the trigger message to a test and measurement device, and instrument data comprises at least one of: configuration of the test and measurement device; waveform data; measuring data; connections for channels on the test and measurement equipment; the type of device under test; a time stamp; a date stamp; status information of the test and measurement device; and a location.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the test and measurement device comprises an oscilloscope.
17. A test system, comprising:
test and measurement apparatus comprising:
at least one communication link;
a memory; and
a processor configured to execute instructions that cause the processor to:
receiving a message over the communication link;
saving instrument data to the memory; and
transmitting the instrument data to a remote location; and
a communication device, comprising:
at least one communication link;
a memory; and
a processor configured to execute instructions that cause the processor to:
identifying an action performed by a user;
sending the message to the test and measurement device;
storing association information including user information; and
transmitting the user information to the remote location.
18. The test system of claim 17, wherein the communication device comprises one of a smartphone, tablet, or portable computing device.
19. The test system of claim 17, wherein each of the at least one communication link comprises at least one of the group consisting of: cellular connection; wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi); near Field Communication (NFC); an Ethernet; USB connection; a Z-wave; bluetooth; and bluetooth low energy.
20. The testing system of claim 17, wherein the remote location includes a cloud-based account associated with the user information.
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