SERVER MONITORING OF FLOW AND SAMPLING APPARATUS AND/OR LOGGER
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- one or more environmental instruments for monitoring water quality for one or more water streams,a communication server comprising a server monitor,an alarm transmission server in communication with the communication server, and a server database,wherein the communication server is in communication with the one or more environmental instruments,wherein each of the one or more environmental instruments connects to the communication server to report on tasks run by the environmental instrument based on a primary interval for the environmental instrument,wherein the server monitor continuously queries the server database for tasks that are scheduled to be run by each of the one or more environmental instruments based on a task schedule and a current time on the communication server,wherein the task schedule is based on the primary intervals for each of the one or more environmental instruments, andwherein an alarm transmission server of the one or more servers sends an alarm to one or more output devices if the server monitor determines that a selected environmental instrument of the one or more environmental instruments is malfunctioning based on the selected environmental instrument failing to connect to the communication server for one or more primary intervals for the environmental instrument.
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Abstract
Described is an apparatus and method employing one or more environmental instruments in communication with a communication server that monitors the operation of the environmental instruments based on a task schedule.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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one or more environmental instruments for monitoring water quality for one or more water streams, a communication server comprising a server monitor, an alarm transmission server in communication with the communication server, and a server database, wherein the communication server is in communication with the one or more environmental instruments, wherein each of the one or more environmental instruments connects to the communication server to report on tasks run by the environmental instrument based on a primary interval for the environmental instrument, wherein the server monitor continuously queries the server database for tasks that are scheduled to be run by each of the one or more environmental instruments based on a task schedule and a current time on the communication server, wherein the task schedule is based on the primary intervals for each of the one or more environmental instruments, and wherein an alarm transmission server of the one or more servers sends an alarm to one or more output devices if the server monitor determines that a selected environmental instrument of the one or more environmental instruments is malfunctioning based on the selected environmental instrument failing to connect to the communication server for one or more primary intervals for the environmental instrument. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising the following steps:
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(a) a server monitor of a communication server continuously querying a server database for tasks that are scheduled to be run by each of one or more environmental instruments based on a task schedule and a current time, (b) an alarm transmission server for sending an alarm to one or more output devices if the server monitor determines that a selected environmental instrument of the one or more environmental instruments is malfunctioning based on the selected environmental instrument failing to connect to the communication server for one or more primary intervals for the environmental instrument, wherein the alarm transmission server is in communication with the communication server, wherein the one or more environmental instruments monitor water quality for one or more water streams, and wherein the task schedule is based on the primary intervals for each of the one or more environmental instruments. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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