Patent ID: 8447417

Claim:
A method of executing a biological fluid analysis process, the method comprising: identifying a sequence of first level states to move through using a level-1 controller in the biological fluid analysis process, wherein each of the first level states is associated with a unique first state index number; generating a level-1 controller table to implement the biological fluid analysis process, the level-1 controller table containing parameters using a processor, wherein the level-1 table associates first level commands with the first level states based upon the parameters, and includes a first column/row of the first level commands to issue to a level-2 controller, a second column/row specifying a status report sent by the level-2 level controller, a third column/row including test information for checking whether a predefined condition is fulfilled, and a fourth column/row defining a course of action if the predefined condition is fulfilled; modifying at least one of the parameters using a user interface; issuing one of the first level commands from the level-1 controller to the level-2 controller based upon the level-1 table association for the one first level command; and receiving the status report from the level-2 controller by the level-1 controller, wherein the status report indicates a status of the level-2 controller in response to the first level command.