The Ethernet Server part of this application provides a simple method of monitoring I/O and controlling the 16 outputs via a local or wide area network. The application will serve web pages which can be viewed in any browser such as Internet Explorer, Firefox etc. No special software is required on the client thus providing a very flexible interface.
Some or all of the pages can be protected with a user / password combination providing a degree of flexibility by allowing some users access to limited areas and others to the full site.
This application combines the functionality of a web server with the ability to generate emails.
The email part of the application can send emails to 8 recipients which can be generated from any or all of the digital inputs. Each input can be programmed from the interface application to generate emails either on going active or inactive or both.
The body and subject of the email is fully customizable using the interface application and downloaded via the USB port.
The appware comes complete with a set of web pages which may be downloaded as is to the EMACSYS or modified to suit your own requirements.
Using AJAX technology these page offer a range of features including real time updates so changes can be viewed as they happen.
The application will support both HTTP GET commands and HTTP POST commands. When sending commands to control outputs it is possible to control a single output or multiple outputs. Outputs may be turned on, off or toggled. In addition it is possible to simply pulse an output for a period with just a single command.
Web pages, email body and subject contain static text information and dynamic variables. The latter provides an interface within the web page to the inputs and outputs.
Dynamic variables can have a number of additional arguments which can be used to customize the text. For example in its simplest form an input may report with a ‘1’ for on and ‘0’ for off. However by adding extra arguments the input may report with say ‘Alarm’ and ‘Clear’ or ‘On’ and ‘Off’.
Similarly the analogue inputs may have a scaling factor argument which can provide a meaningful display to the user. Support is also available for measuring temperature with a thermistor with conversion from the raw input value to the corresponding value in degrees Celsius.
The welcome page as supplied with the appware. Note that the Software Version, Device Name and MAC Address are generated dynamically with the EMACSYS as it serves the page.
A screen shot from the interface application showing the email setup.
A special dynamic variable is available for use with the email. This can show which input initiated the email together with the status of that input. It is possible to define a name for each input and this will be used with this dynamic variable as part of the substitution process.
Hardware requirements:
EMACSYS control module.
EMACSYS Ethernet module.
I/O as required.
This appware includes BEPI processing which will enable custom local control of all I/O as well as virtual registers which will allow the user to interact with the BEPI processing.
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