An extension unit provided adjacent to an amp unit comprises a measurement
data accumulation memory, a measurement data acquiring part for acquiring
measurement data coming through a transmission line and accumulating it
in the above memory, a data analyzing part for analyzing an accumulated
series of measurement data according to predetermined algorithm, a
determining part for determining a data analyzed result, and an output
part for outputting a control signal corresponding to a determined result
to the outside. A plurality of process programs in which measurement
algorithm is segmentalized are incorporated in the extension unit and a
process program is selected according to a command from a personal
computer and the selected process program is performed in a predetermined
order.