5th International ICST Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications, Worksharing

Research Article

LTM-SOLA - a service-oriented application to integrate high-tech laboratories and virtual knowledge spaces

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.COLLABORATECOM2009.8378 ,
        author={Henning Sommerkamp and Jonas Schulte and Reinhard Keil and Johann Rybka and Ferdinand Ferber},
        title={LTM-SOLA - a service-oriented application to integrate high-tech laboratories and virtual knowledge spaces},
        proceedings={5th International ICST Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications, Worksharing},
        proceedings_a={COLLABORATECOM},
        year={2009},
        month={12},
        keywords={Application software Collaborative software Collaborative work Computer architecture Cooling Employment Laboratories Programmable control Software testing Thermal stresses},
        doi={10.4108/ICST.COLLABORATECOM2009.8378 }
    }
    
  • Henning Sommerkamp
    Jonas Schulte
    Reinhard Keil
    Johann Rybka
    Ferdinand Ferber
    Year: 2009
    LTM-SOLA - a service-oriented application to integrate high-tech laboratories and virtual knowledge spaces
    COLLABORATECOM
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/ICST.COLLABORATECOM2009.8378
Henning Sommerkamp1,*, Jonas Schulte1,*, Reinhard Keil1,*, Johann Rybka1,*, Ferdinand Ferber2,*
  • 1: Heinz-Nixdorf-Institut, University of Paderborn, 33102 Paderborn, Germany
  • 2: Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Paderborn, 33098 Paderborn, Germany
*Contact email: hsommer@uni-paderborn.de, schulte@uni-paderborn.de, reinhard.keil@uni-paderborn.de, jrybka@uni-paderborn.de, Ferdinand.Ferber@ltm.upb.de

Abstract

High-tech laboratories are an important kind of knowledge source, nevertheless most of today's laboratory architectures consist of tight coupled devices with proprietary interfaces. Although there are several approaches to implement cross-functional and heterogeneous infrastructures, these solutions do not consider high-tech laboratories. Therefore, we developed a service-oriented architecture for laboratories called LTM-SOLA, an application to control the devices by a modern Web interface based on JavaEE and Seam technologies. Furthermore, we show how to use field bus couplers instead of programmable logic controllers (PLC) to enable single laboratory devices to be used in different test environments.