Distributed Measurement System Based on Wireless Mobile Device and Application Repository Server

The innovative software architecture of the wireless distributed measurement system (W-DMS) including the Web-enabled measurement application repository server (MARS) is proposed. The duties of the MARS are devoted to permit the connectivity by the various wireless communication protocols, such as GPRS/UMTS, WiFi and Bluetooth, and to supply the mobile devices, as personal digital assistant and smartphone, with the measurement application in order to manage and control the measurement instruments. The proposed architecture shares in increasing the adaptability and the flexibility characteristics of the W-DMS to the new requirements of the industrial applications. The aspects concerning the design and the architecture of the MARS are discussed. In order to evidence the innovative features, the applicative example is shown