Remote Control and Monitoring of ESRA Environment Using Sensors

1. Remote Control and Monitoring of ESRAEnvironment Using Sensors Departments of Electrical Engineering & School of Architecture Dr. Salim Hariri Kiran Kumar Modukuri Dr. Nader Chalfoun

2. Description of Wireless Technology & Motes • The Wireless Digital Nervous System Motes are A new breed of Intelligent Sensors that are smarter, smaller, and more adept at communications • Low cost, low energy sensors: • mems, Smart Dust ,nanotechnology • Low cost wireless platforms–integrated radio, uP • Adhoc Networking Principle : Energy Saved is Energy Gained Dr. Salim Hariri / Internet Teaching Laboratory

3. Next Generation Wireless Technology Dr. Salim Hariri / Internet Teaching Laboratory

4. Wireless Sensors • Ultra-Compact Size • Temperature & Humidity Sensor • Barometric Pressure Sensor • Ambient Light Sensor • Photosensitive Light Sensor • 4Mhz, 8bit MCU (ATMEL) • 512 bytes RAM, 8KB ROM • 900Mhz Radio Dr. Salim Hariri / Internet Teaching Laboratory

5. ESRA & Wireless Data Acquisition System Control area Testing area ESRA environment Inside ESRA 500 feet Phase_3 Wireless Communication Phase_1 placement Phase_2 Area of sensors Internet Clients Phase_6 Internet Phase_5 Data Logging and control using Serial Communication Phase_4 Base Station Dr. Salim Hariri / Internet Teaching Laboratory

6. Wireless Implementations • Environmental Monitoring • Structural Monitoring • Air Quality • Soil Moisture • Micro-Climates • Animal Tracking Dr. Salim Hariri / Internet Teaching Laboratory

7. Alternative Approaches Dr. Salim Hariri / Internet Teaching Laboratory

8. Building Monitoring Dr. Salim Hariri / Internet Teaching Laboratory

9. Other Applications Dr. Salim Hariri / Internet Teaching Laboratory

10. Engineering Issues of project • Sensor Network • Sensor Interface • Radio Communication • Base Station Management • Radio communication with sensor Network • Serial communication with server • Server • Serial communication with base station • Apache SOAP Server for serving the client • Client • Querying Server for Node information • Control, Monitoring, Logging and Display of sensed Information Dr. Salim Hariri / Internet Teaching Laboratory

11. Implementation and Results Forwarding Serial Data to TCP port & logging data into MySql Database Monitoring and Analyzing recorded Data Proto Type Implementation of Monitoring of Light and Temperature Levels to Show Proof of Concept Dr. Salim Hariri / Internet Teaching Laboratory

12. Implementation and Results Real Time Monitoring and Controlling of Sensor Network Dr. Salim Hariri / Internet Teaching Laboratory

13. Implementation and Results Remote Monitoring on a Web Page Dr. Salim Hariri / Internet Teaching Laboratory

14. Remote Controlling OF ESRA • Turning On and Off of Lights , Heaters • Automatic emailing Control Personnel of Possible Hazards • Turning off Sensors to save power while not in operation • Closing Windows and Doors OF ESRA Remotely • ESRA Manufacturer Monitoring Services • Monitor quality of material for different Climate Conditions Dr. Salim Hariri / Internet Teaching Laboratory

15. Ongoing & Future Work • Autonomous Middleware for Sensor Based Infrastructure • Advanced Power Management • Calibration and updating Firmware in sensors Nodes Remotely • More Reliable Communications between Nodes and base Station Dr. Salim Hariri / Internet Teaching Laboratory

16. Autonomous Middleware for Sensor Based Architecture Context aware Communication Context Based Autonomous Middleware Sensor Load balancing Services Context Aware Services Load balancing Services Context aware Communication Context Aware Communication Protocol Sensor Network Gateway Context aware Communication Dr. Salim Hariri / Internet Teaching Laboratory