TestBench Configurator - A Tool for Control and Measurements via Online Interface

Abstract

This paper presents the design and implementation of an online tool which gives users an easy way to access all of the programmable devices in a laboratory, as they are connected in the same spot, together with data acquisition modules. This tool focuses on inter-connectivity, automation, and real-time data acquisition and for the moment it is running in a private network. The LabVIEW Application Server, the web services developed for the involved devices and the web application developed using LabVIEW NXG 5.1 are the main modules of this control and measurement tool. The web application communicates with the devices directly through HTTP Methods provided by the web services. Both the web services and the web application are wrapped into an installer which makes them easily accessible on any machine.