iGate: gateway with direct connection to the internet

• Grant number: 01/03359-2
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Innovative Research in Small Business - PIPE
• Start date: August 01, 2001
• End date: December 31, 2004
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Administration - Administration of Specific Sectors
• Principal Investigator: Marcelo Tadeu Bertanha
• Grantee: Marcelo Tadeu Bertanha
• Company: Netvmi Tecnologia da Informação do Brasil Ltda
• City: Poá

Abstract

This project entails the development of a piece of hardware called i-gate, the function of which is to collect field variables such as level, temperature, flow, pressure and other so-called field variables. The hardware connects directly to the world wide web uploading information there into a database, accessed by software developed for the internet environment. I-gate will have the main capability of monitoring up to eight field variables, isolated from the existing measuring provision, with a weatherproof cabinet, and two digital input and output connections. The main benefits envisaged derive from the use of the existing web structure, rendering unnecessary a structure for receiving the information, or a Datacenter. With a local connection to an internet service provider, long distance calls will no longer be necessary. Equipment imported today does not have a direct connection to the internet. I-gate, presently, is applied in the Remote Monitoring of Tanks for the supply of grain. The product supplier receives information regarding levels in the tanks via internet, from his customer, and carries out a Planned Product Delivery, based on demand, production, transport conditions and other parameters. (AU)