Overview

Daphne is a client/server software that collects data from several RS-232 inputs, stores the information in ASCII files with the proper timestamp and positioning data through a GPS port, when available, and serves them on demand to local clients or CLIENTS on the Internet. The CLIENTS may have the possibility to store data locally whenever required. The system is configurable through a GUI, for both the server and the client .

The software is based on single-thread (server side) and multi-thread (client side) programming models, and allows the following:

• ease of extension of instrumental capabilities
• minimization of resources required for running the tasks
• simplification of instrumental port management
• decoupling of the client GUI from raw data acquisition

The software is written in the highly portable Java^TMprogramming language.