HORIBA's IDA-2000 is an intelligent data acquisition system (DAS) using a desktop or industrial PC, designed for fully automatic monitoring stations. The entire data capture and mean value calculation as well as control of the analyzer is executed by 32-bit multitasking software, running under a state-of-the-art Windows environment. It combines the power of a workstation with the ease of use, compatibility and productivity of a personal computer.

The measured values as well as operating and error status messages are gathered in a 5-second interval from the analyzers. They are converted into engineering units, checked for plausibility and synchronously converted into two different averages.

Automatic calibration routines in predefined intervals can be started either from the station computer or through a remote host computer. The DAS also supports the manual execution of calibration sequences and remote maintenance operations.