Open distributed control and measurement system based on an abstract client-server architecture

This paper describes in detail a Java-based, client-server architecture specifically conceived to allow a flexible control of remote devices. The main attributes of the proposed solution are portability and flexibility. The former feature is assured by the employment of the TCP/IP protocol suite and by the Java language properties. The latter is achieved using a high level of abstraction in the implementation of the System, that addresses multi-user issues and a wide range of possible applications with high code reusability. The proposed architecture can easily be upgraded to control various kinds of devices, by simply adding a limited amount of code on the system server-side.