INFORMATION COLLECTION DEVICE

PURPOSE:To automate information collection by listing and storing an instruction group relating to given information request, its transmission destination data, an execution period data and the execution number of time data, sending the instruction group according to the content of a list, returning the information and storing the returned information. CONSTITUTION:When an instruction group relating to information request, a transmission destination data of the instruction group, an execution period data and the execution number of time data are inputted from an input means 1, an input/output control section 2 lists up then and stores them into a storage means 3. A central control unit 10 gives a constant time interruption to a constant time interval control section 4 at a prescribed interval based on a program in a memory 11 and gives a constant time interruption to a constant time control section 5 to apply polling to the memory 3. When the instruction group list arriving execution time is detected, the device control section 6 sends said instruction group via a port 7 corresponding to the port number and the device 13 receiving the instruction group executes each instruction of the instruction group and return the information. Thus, the processing is repeated by the execution number of times, then the returned information is listed up and the information is collected automatically.