This paper describes an Internet-based Real Time Remote Monitoring System which utilizes the concepts of the hardware testbed, proposed by the Machine Tool Agile Manufacturing Research Institute (MTAMRI), and the client/server computing model of the Internet technology. The system consists of a hardware setup and a software interface. The hardware setup consists of a machine and its Data Acquisition hardware, while the software interface incorporates the Data Acquisition software, the Server Program, and the Client Program. The Server Program acts as the main interface between the Data Acquisition system and the Internet technology. The Client Program is to be distributed to the remote users who want to monitor the machine. The system has been demonstrated and verified for an industrial Electrochemical Machine (ECM). The system has been found to be highly efficient, reliable and statistically accurate.
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