The development and tests of remote data acquisition and transmission system on civil engineering structural vibration

ABSTRACT Aiming at the difficult problem of on-site real-time vibration responses monitoring and remote data transmission of the civil engineering structures, based on LabVIEW a remote data acquisition and transmission system is designed. In the system NI data acquisition card and DataSocket protocol of the LabVIEW software platform are used to realize data collection, remote transmission and control. That is, the civil engineering structural vibration responses can be monitored through internet at anytime and anywhere. The vibration parameters of a cantilever beam is detected and transmitted in real-time by using this system. The test parameter values are compared with the theoretical calculating value. The results show that relative to the traditional cable measurement and wireless short-range measurement, this system can effectively realize the remote real-time data acquisition, transmission, display, storage and control. Furthermore, the accuracy of data transmission is high. On the other hand, the system is easy to be built and maintained