Data acquisition and remote monitoring system for indoor environmental parameters

Abstract

In this study a wireless sensor network for collecting information about indoor temperature, relative humidity and light level in four positions inside an office building is developed. Infrastructure of wireless sensor network is based on MAC and PHY layer of IEEE 802.15.4 standard and JenNet network protocol stack. The hardware of the system is built integrating JN5148 Evaluation Kit and a Hit65 GSM modem. Features integrated in the architecture of proposed system comprise: SQL database storage of results, real-time graphical trends of measured values, histograms with selection of the start and end date, adjustable sampling time, alarm notification via e-mail and SMS, and GSM and LAN remote access to the sensor readings. These implemented features give our system high practical value with possible application in large-scale environment monitoring of buildings aimed to improve work efficiency and thermal comfort of people and storage or working conditions for materials and equipment.

Keywords

• data acquisition
• GSM modem
• indoor environmental monitoring
• wireless sensor network