Instrumentationnotes - Distributed measurement systems-A web system approach: Part I

• Published in: IEEE instrumentation & measurement magazine Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 50 - 56
• Main Authors: Kalicki, A., Makowski, L., Michalski, A., Staroszczyk, Z.
• Format: Magazine Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01-04-2008; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Application software; Browsers (computer); Client server systems; Collaborative software; Computer programs; Freeware; Hydrocarbons; Instrumentation; Instruments; Internet; Monitoring; Open source software; Pollution measurement; Servers; Software; Software systems; Tables (data); Web server
• ISSN: 1094-6969; 1941-0123
• DOI: 10.1109/MIM.2008.4483734

The simplified field-system functionality testing software (FSFTS) was presented. That software was successfully used for verification of the final system functionality and the quality evaluation of its components. Then, two solutions for the server/client software for the distributed measurement system, implementing the Web as a main transmission medium, were described. The essential parts of the final system solutions are the server and the clients. The server collects remote data and makes them accessible for clients. These two solutions of the server/client system are based on a Windows operating system. The first solution implements Microsoft's .NET environment. The second one uses WAMP (Windows and free and open source software: Apache, MySQL, and PHP). The main difference between the first two solutions is how the client page is generated. The .NET case is only on the server side, and the WAMP case is on both server and client sides. Both systems produce a map/plot/ table showing the system data to the user through web browsers.