Patent ID: 7751999

Claim:
A vapor detection instrument testing process, comprising the steps of: connecting a computing system to a vapor detection instrument, wherein said computing system is loaded with testing software; connecting a test substance generator for providing at least one test substance, to said vapor detection instrument; starting said computing system and said vapor detection instrument; verifying connections between said computing system and said vapor detection instrument; starting said test substance generator; injecting a known first concentration level of a first test substance into said vapor detection instrument; operating said vapor detection instrument to perform a first analysis of said known first concentration level of said first test substance injected into said vapor detection instrument, and to generate a first response based on said first analysis; operating said computing system to collect said first response into a first data stream of said computing system; saving portions of said first computing system data stream in a computing system database; generating portions of said first computing system data stream as a first response graph; displaying said first response graph on a display of the computing system; selecting, for said known first concentration level, a first peak level response point on said first response graph; plotting and displaying said first peak level response point on a point location graph, wherein said point location graph is provided to a user by said display of the computing system; injecting a known second concentration level of said first test substance into said vapor detection instrument, wherein said known second concentration level differs from said known first concentration level; operating said vapor detection instrument to perform a second analysis of said known second concentration level of said first test substance injected into said vapor detection instrument and to generate a second response based on said second analysis; operating said computing system to collect said second response from said vapor detection instrument and to convert said second response into a second computing system data stream; saving portions of said second computing system datastream in a computing system database; generating portions of said second computing system data stream as a second response graph; displaying said second response graph on said computing system display; selecting a second peak level response point on said second response graph; plotting and displaying said second peak level response point on said point location graph, wherein said point location graph is provided to said user by said computing system display; generating a first concentration level-second concentration level calibration graph, wherein said calibration graph is provided to said user by said computing system display; and, using said calibration graph to perform a performance check on said vapor detection instrument.