AUTOMATED MEASUREMENT LABORATORY ACCESSED BY INTERNET
Abstract
The Automated Measurement Laboratory implements the newest methods of open and distance learning in engineering. The information Internet servers are extended by laboratory servers, that allow complete experiments on the 4 automated measurement centres - interconnected locally by GPIB and integrated with National Instruments LabView 5.1<sup>TM</sup> (by the built-in Web Server) in virtual instrumentation configurations with Internet access. Real-time monitoring and control is accomplished by web pages, accessing the web-site of the “Virtual Laboratory” – by built-in MS - FrontPage<sup>TM</sup> WebBot components “Save Results Form” Handlers to the server and, from it, by publishing the Virtual Instruments’ panels as HTML files – or by data socket transfer protocol (dstp). It incorporates CCD cameras that send images of the remote-controlled systems to the web-page of observation. An economical alternative was implemented as e-mail access (POP3 and SMTP) services: the user completes and sends a message including the programmed stimuli to the laboratory server and test-bench that perform the automated measurement and return the experimental data in an e-mail reply. The user post-processes this information using his specific software.
Event details
- Event
- XVI IMEKO World Congress
- Place
- Vienna, AUSTRIA
- Time
- 25 September 2000 - 28 September 2000