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In modern factory – or home automation environments it is increasingly important to be able to offer a consistent user interface to a variety of interconnected devices that may even use different communication interfaces. The devices usually have some form of user interface such as LEDs and buttons but almost certainly do not possess any mechanism to offer comfortable e.g. 3D-based user-guidance mechanisms. Besides, the devices’ vendors do not directly cooperate with each other and they may not be willing to disclose the details of the communication protocol to the device. This contribution presents a novel Java-based approach that enables vendors to offer a comfortable GUI for their devices that can be run on a (mobile) management console that is connected in any form to the respective devices. This approach is based on the idea that a vendor may deploy a pre-compiled JAR file to be run on a management console while leveraging a framework that takes care of device-independent functions like communication channels, user access and role management or multi-language capability. The article furthermore discusses issues like security aspects, consistent integration of several devices’ GUIs, framework functionality and possible alternative solutions. The approach presented has been successfully tested in a factory automation environment in the print industry.
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Weber, J., Rehkopf, A. (2009). A Java-Based Approach for Consistent User Assistance in Distributed Heterogeneous Environments. In: Tavangarian, D., Kirste, T., Timmermann, D., Lucke, U., Versick, D. (eds) Intelligent Interactive Assistance and Mobile Multimedia Computing. IMC 2009. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 53. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10263-9_6
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