Esempi di
applicazioni
Environmental Services Ltd.
automate remote data collection
Environmental Services Ltd. provides
environmental engineering, data collection, liability determination,
impacts/habitats analysis, and project management for a wide variety
of private and public clients. Specializing in Arctic and Sub-Arctic
regions, Environmental Services has provided services in Alaska,
Canada, Washington State, and Russia to clients such as Arco, Exxon,
Holland America Line, Dresser Industries, W.L. Grainger, and the
U.S. Department of Interior. A closely held, wholly Alaskan-owned
corporation, , Environmental Services employs approximately 20
people and has been in business for 20 years.
Pentop Computer Captures and
Manipulates Environmental Characterization Field Studies
Their data collection system is based
on the Grid Exec 2270 pentop computer and was designed to automate
the capture and manipulation of environmental characterization field
studies in remote environments. An RS232 bar code wand is used with
the SoftwareWedge for Windows Standard version (WinWedge) from TAL
Technologies, Inc. (800-722-6004, www.taltech.com) to append
bar-coded sample containers (soils, water, waste materials, etc.)or
other field data items (video cassettes, film canisters, sketches,
and forms) to an on-line database in the pentop.
The entry is an ObjectVision
front-end for a Paradox/Windows database, all running under pen
Windows. For example, the sample entry screen will be activated, the
sample collection data (i.e. depth, location, type of material,
expected analysis, etc.) input, and the bar code information, on the
pre-labeled sample container, appended to the data record by
WinWedge.
Before learning of WinWedge,
Environmental Services had to perform all its data collection by
hand. Since they needed to put the data from the bar code scanner
into a pentop computer, WinWedge was the only solution. The data
from the RS232 wand is sent to their application program (ObjectVision)
by DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange), a powerful feature of Windows
supported by WinWedge. WinWedge was the only product available to
provide a smooth DDE link between the RS232 wand and ObjectVision.
WinWedge has performed extremely
well for Environmental Services. They are extremely happy with its
performance in the field. They also found the selectable
configuration file feature very useful in creating and saving
configurations for different types of serial devices and different
bar code wands.
Mark Perry from Environmental
services adds, "I would very strongly recommend WinWedge for similar
types of applications. Your product is helping us perform a very
difficult job in environmental baseline data collection in
Arkhangelsk, Russia. I also appreciate the very helpful technical
support I received from TAL."
Benefits
- Real time data collection to a
pentop computer in remote locations
- Ability to transmit data
directly to ObjectVision
- Ability to save configurations
for different types of instruments
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