Centralized environmental network monitoring & reporting system

Abstract

Traditional monitoring for un-manned sites is done by human operators from mountain tops to deserts. This requires huge number of labor operators and long working hours to achieve full time environmental conditions monitoring and their consequent reporting. Human operator monitoring is cumbersome as sometimes the un-manned site is a location which is not easily accessible. Reporting is sometimes also restricted and slowed down by bad weather conditions and poor communication. Computerized systemization is an effective means of monitoring that allows substantial saving through the reduction of continuous human labor, greater remote access, real time data processing, timelierreporting and alarm updates, and better deployment of human resource. In this project, Client-Server model will be used for data acquisition and GSM for the reporting system. The Client-Server model takes advantage of the available Ethernet infrastructureto send data from the un-manned site to the server end and the Short Messaging Service (SMS) for the reporting of some unusual or unwanted event. An interface has been developed at the server end to receive and display the readings sent by the un-manned location and update the records in the database. If commercially employed, this is a comprehensive system which accurately monitors an un-manned site via an efficient computerized monitoring system and also does the reporting in case of a mishap. The system also has the flexibility to be expanded for multiple sites with extensive control by the operator at the centralized server end.