Multi-Network Access to IEEE P1451 Smart Sensor Information Using World Wide Web Technology

Published

October 4, 1997

Author(s)

Richard D. Schneeman, Kang B. Lee

Abstract

NIST and a consortium of companies are organizing a public demonstration of the features of IEEE P1451, a Draft Standard for a Smart Transducer Interface for Sensors and Actuators, in a multi-vendor transducer and control network environment during the May '97 Sensors Expo in Boston. This paper presents the design of the demonstration system. A server architecture based on the industry standard UDP/IP protocol and the gateway software module that bridges the UDP Ethernet-based network and the specific control network technology are discussed. The definitions of a common set of ASCII-based message protocol units are defined to allow cross network and transducer device communication. Combining these approaches using Internet-based technologies such as World Wide Web browser software, Java, HTML Web pages, and the Internet Protocol suite, the demonstration show the functionality and interoperable capability of the proposed interface for connecting sensors and actuators to control and field networks and the implementation of the interface based on the draft specifications is realizable.

Proceedings Title

Proceedings of Sensors Conference

Conference Dates

May 13-15, 1997

Conference Location

Boston, MA

Conference Title

Boston (MA.)

Pub Type

Conferences

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Keywords

IEEE standard, Interface standards, Sensor Integration, Smart sensor interface

Citation

Schneeman, R. and Lee, K. (1997), Multi-Network Access to IEEE P1451 Smart Sensor Information Using World Wide Web Technology, Proceedings of Sensors Conference, Boston, MA, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=820004 (Accessed April 19, 2024)