Treffer: MONITORING OF NETWORKED MACHINES AND DEVICES IN MANUFACTURING NETWORKS.

The monitoring of networked machines, devices and technology equipment in manufacturing networks is an important part of the production process. The methods presented here use the following standard protocols and software modules: a set of UNIX operating system commands and selected software tools available via the Internet on GNU license. To acquire the raw data representing the status of selected resources and production machines via a local manufacturing network, the presented methods use selected diagnostic software for the network devices. After obtaining the raw data-set, specific UNIX commands are used to provide the final data in a format appropriate for monitoring front-end software, and can be easily displayed using a regular web browser. The set of software modules combined makes a very useful and easy to utilize, flexible monitoring system, capable of being implemented in small, medium and large-size manufacturing systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]