Lightweight Tele-operation System

The Lightweight Tele-operation System (LTOS) is an Adobe® Flash® client that facilitates remote operation and viewing of data from an experiment. Because it is based on Flash, the LTOS client can be brought up in any browser without having to make a large download or install additional software. It has a simple display with minimal buttons so that novice users (such as K-12 students, their teachers, or others unfamiliar with data viewers and control) can still operate it.

The LTOS manual is available in this report. The client as well as demonstration LabVIEW and Java servers can be downloaded from the NEESforge project here.

Version 1.3 released September, 2009. Some screen shots follow:

A screen shot of the LTOS Flash client
The LTOS Flash client connected to a server and displaying real-time information

A screen shot of a LabVIEW experiment server
The demonstration LabVIEW experiment controller that uses LTOS messages to update controls

A screen shot of a LabVIEW communication server
The demonstration LabVIEW communication VI that receives TCP connections from the LTOS client, and sends and receives messages