Weather Station with Web Interface and SNMP Support

Import 05/08/2014Meteorologie je věda zabývající se studiem počasí. Lidé využívají poznatky o počasí již několik tisíc let. Zařízení měřící meteorologické veličiny se nazývají meteostanice. Na trhu je k dostání velké množství komerčních meteostanice, většina z nich však nemá otevřený software. Cílem diplomové práce je teoretický návrh a následná realizace meteostanice. Výstupní data z meteostanice jsou napojena na síťový protokol SNMP a vizualizována pomocí webového rozhraní. Na výrobu meteostanice je potřeba pořídit meteorologická čidla a základní počítač. V první části práce se nachází popis a důvod výběru jednotlivých součástek. Komunikace všech prvků mezi sebou je popsána v dalších kapitolách práce. Následující část práce se věnuje popisu a napojením na protokol SNMP a webové rozhraní Cacti. Na konci práce je několik stránek věnovaných konstrukci a vzhledu meteostanice.Meteorology is science that studies weather. For thousands of years people have been using knowledge of weather. Device that measure meteorological quantities is called meteorological station. There are many commercial meteorological stations available on the market, but they usually do not have open source software. The aim of the thesis is theoretical layout and subsequent realization of a meteorological station. The outcome data from the meteorological station are connected to network protocol SNMP and visualized via web interface. For the construction of the meteorological station it is necessary to obtain meteorological sensors and basic computer. The first part of the thesis deals with description and reasons for choosing components. Communication between all of the parts is described in the next chapters of the thesis. The following part of the paper is dedicated to description and connection to the SNMP protocol and web interface Cacti. The last several pages of the thesis are devoted to construction and the design of the meteorological station.460 - Katedra informatikyvýborn

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