Internet-based data acquisition system via a PSTN

Author

Oolun, M.K. ; Govinda, S. ; Deepchand, C. ; Jahmeerbaccus, M.I. ; Soyjaudah, KMS

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

2-4 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

91

Abstract

This paper presents the design and implementation of a web-based data acquisition system from remote station sites. It allows regular updates of telemetry data to be made at pre-defined intervals, for a multiuser environment. The proposed system is constructed around a host PC connected to the PSTN via an internal modem at one end, and a number of remote terminal units (RTU), each located at one of the sites. The host PC is part of a LAN, and is connected to a server. Data acquired from the sites by the host PC, are finally transferred to the server, which is configured as an Internet Information Server (IIS). A web site is hosted on that server to allow user-access to the data. The system can be operated in both on-line and off-line modes.

Keywords

Internet; Web sites; data acquisition; local area networks; telemetry; telephone networks; Internet Information Server; Internet-based data acquisition system; LAN; PSTN; host PC; internal modem; multiuser environment; remote station sites; remote terminal units; server; telemetry data; web site; web-based data acquisition system; Data acquisition; Data engineering; Design engineering; Hardware; Internet; Local area networks; Modems; Network servers; Remote monitoring; Telemetry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Africon Conference in Africa, 2002. IEEE AFRICON. 6th

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7570-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AFRCON.2002.1146812

Filename

1146812