Remote site in Chadds Ford PA using our new transfer over internet software by-way-of aw-el.com's internet server.
Chadds Ford PA

Here is a remote site composed of an RM-60, HP Palmtop PC and modem with data displayed on our server updated once per 8 hours by-way-of our Aw-Fetch program. (More info about this site is found below).
New York City

Windows XP RAS Server (Remote Access Server) An example of our newly developed micro RAS RM Server (size of a small toaster oven) equipped with nforce4 MB with heatpipes and SATA drive. Two built in serial ports and a PCI eight port board make 10 serial ports. One of the serial ports is plugged into an external US Robotics modem. Eight of our RM-60 radiation monitors are plugged into eight of the serial ports. Three of our 12 to 24 volt strobe light warning systems are plugged into the same RM serial ports they alarm from. If the PC reboots the software starts up automatically. PMI-30 NaI monitoring is to be added. For the interest of viewers every day or so our office PC phones the server, updates its copies of the rad data using Aw-Trace, prepares the graphs then FTPs the gifs to our web server, at least until the system is moved. At present it is near radiologic services and the peaks show very low normal levels due to operations:
Aw-el.com/umdnj

A real-time site running our Aw-Radw 32 Windows progam on a server in New Jersey. Note: Site will load only when UMDNJ allows internet access. (More info about this site is found below)
UMDNJ's server site

Clarkdale Arizona site:
Del Winiecki's site
Del's Radon site
Batch file information that helped Del setup the site:
Text file includes batch file info.

A site in Chapel Hill, NC:
Rik Faith's site

A site in North San Diego County, CA:
The LXT Group

A site in Rosman, NC:
Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute

Edmund Korffmann's real-time site in Rohrheim Germany as part of his on-line weather station.
Edmund mentions in an E-Mail: "The new software (Aw-Radw) works perfect together with my weatherstation and the thunderstorm detection system. I use the ASCII output of the programm to create realtime graphs for my homepage using jpgraph an very easy to handle PHP script.
Radiation Links Page

Additional sites in Germany
Netphen Dreis-Tiefenbach
Karlsruhe
Spieka-Neufeld

A site in The Gallops / Dublin 18 / Ireland:
rad.larryo.org

Washington DC area:
Zeissler
Metozone

A site in Boston:
Jason Buchanan's site

A "Glow in the Dark Goodness" site in Florida:
Florida site

A "Dark Wizard" site near New Orleans? Not using Aware software to gather the data but is using one of our RMs:
New Orleans?

A site in Tuusula Finland:
Otso Laakso's site

More about the real-time site on a server in New Jersey:
UMDNJ's server site

The above site is running on a server acting as a local server and an internet server and which is also running Aware Electronics software. The Aware Electronics software is composed of our 32 bit windows program Aw-Radw which, besides collecting the radiation data from the RM-60, once every two minutes automatically updates the graphs as seen on the website. See Aw-Radw Questions for more info. about using Aw-Radw to generate real-time graphs on servers for browsers.

More about the remote real-time site with data displayed on our server:
New York City

This New York City site has been running continuously for over five years (almost three years before 9/11) without human intervention. It includes an HP 1000CX palmtop PC (a less expensive version of the HP 200LX palmtop PC), a PCMCIA modem and an RM-60. The palmtop PC is running our standard radiation collection software and our Aw-Fetch communications program, which are loaded automatically when the PC reboots. The modem is plugged into a phone line and our Wilmington DE PC automatically contacts the site using our Aw-Fetch program running in batch mode, updates its copy of the real-time radiation data, prepares the data and graphs using Aw-Graph's GIF feature in batch mode, then FTPs the information to our website.

The RM-60 and palmtop PC are located in a lower level office of the Jacobi Hospital, Nuclear Medicine division. Various small spikes in radiation level can be seen on the graphs as staff carry-out normal day-to-day activities.

This service is excellent for any private or public group that desires a secure real-time website display of radiation levels.

We can provide all that is neccesary, including our standard set of highly efficient 32 bit Windows software along with custom scripts, to allow real time data and graphing of an unlimited number of radiation monitoring sites, completely contained within the clients set of networked PCs. Aware Electronics has experience setting up such systems and they have proven to be highly reliable and accurate.

Alternatively we can provide remote radiation data gathering sites that communicate with the client's (or our) server for display of the data on the internet or the client's private network, by-way-of the telephone system, as indicated in the diagrams above regarding the Bronx site.

An example of the steps needed for providing a system that uses the telephone system include:

1. Select the site. A site is best located within a living space, office, basement or other sheltered area. A standard phone line and power source is needed.

2. Let us know the site address, phone number and terms then we will post a radiation monitor and a small PC box (no display monitor or keyboard needed) or a HP 200LX Palmtop PC (see picture above) to the site. Unpack the box and plug the radiation monitor into the PC's serial port. Plug the power cord and phone line in. Turn on the PC and your done. The PC automatically boots Aware's software, begins collecting radiation data and waits for Aware's headquarters server PC to periodically ring the modem. Our server then downloads the most recent radiation data by secure password, prepares the radiation graphs and files then FTPs them to the customer's website thereby providing a periodic real-time display of the desired location's radiation levels.

The website can be designed and located on our server with an address of for example www.aw-el.com/city_name, or as indicated above, on the customer's website server. If the website is on our server we can include your logo, links and text.

If desired a display monitor can be plugged into the PC for local real-time display of the radiation data. Additional options include remote site alarm signal output from the PC which can be used to turn on a strobe light and siren or activate a paging box.

The PC draws perhaps less than 25 watts or 5 cents a day. HP's 200LX Palmtop PCs are also available that draw less than 1/2 watt or 0.1 cents a day. We can update the webpage with the real-time radiation data as often as desired for example once every 15 minutes, or just a few times a day. This update frequency can be changed at will by phoning Aware Electronics. Our long distance carrier charges by the second. Typically updates take just a few seconds and incure an approximate 2 cent long distance charge. After the update is complete within a few minutes your new radiation data will appear on the website. If the power source should fail for a period of time, when power is restored the system automatically reloads the software and begins recording the radiation data to a new file and waits for the next call from our server.

Data is archived on the remote PC's hard drive or RAM disk as well as Aware's server hard drive. A remote PC with a 20 gig hard drive has room to store 19,000 years of minute by minute radiation data.

A more detailed description of the service follows:

The client purchases the radiation monitor(s). These can be any of Aware Electronics radiation monitors including the RM-60 ($149.50) the RM-70 ($260) the RM-80 ($319) and/or the RM-G90($449) described here: (Specs.htm) or high flux monitors described here: (HighFlux.htm) and/or monitors described here: (X-Energy.htm) as well as Aware Electronics PMI-30.

The radiation monitor is connected to the PC's serial port by-way-of standard telephone cable which can extend to over 1000 feet (5000 feet with heavier gauge wire).

The client can purchase the PC box ($850) or a HP 200LX Palmtop PC, ~$299 + PCMCIA modem (see picture above) or lease the PC from Aware Electronics for $45 a month. The mini-tower PC box includes an AMD or Intel CPU, US Robotics internal modem and a 20 gig hard drive which as indicated above is enough to store many decades of data. Also included are two serial ports allowing the use of up to two radiation monitors per PC but for an additional $50 charge Aware Electronics will add a four port serial card to the PC allowing up to six radiation monitors per PC. (A maximum of sixteen monitors per PC is possible). Keyboard, monitor and mouse are not needed but if the client desires on-site display of the real-time radiation data in addition to the website display, a VGA monitor and keyboard can be plugged into the PC.

All client radiation data is stored on the PC's hard drive or RAM disk and is also periodically updated to Aware Electronics Corp. server PC in Wilmington Delaware by-way-of the internal modem in conjunction with the client provided phone line.

Updates of the radiation data to the website can be carried out as often as the client desires. Typically six updates per day are carried out but the frequency of updates can be changed at will. The client need only contact Aware Electronics and inform us as to the desired update frequency.

Each update consumes perhaps 6 seconds of phone time. We will bill the client monthly for the phone service charges by the second using Aware Electronics current long distance carrier's billing structure. The phone cost for each update should average perhaps 2 cents for US sites and perhaps 4 cents for overseas sites equal to perhaps $5 per month depending upon client's desired update frequency.

With each update cycle our server first phones the client's PC to update the server's copy of the radiation data file(s). It then releases the phone connection to the client's PC then prepares all the graphs and data at which point the server FTPs the graphs and data to the website.

All client data including the raw radiation data, graphs, text files and all other files related to the service will be held completely private and secure by Aware Electronics Corp.

The website can appear exactly as seen at the following link New York City but with the client's logo, title, text and/or links. As indicated above this site has been running continuously since three years before 911 without human intervention.

Before shipping the PC to the client we load it with the Aware Electronics software including Aw-Fetch communications software (Fetch.htm) and Aw-Srad radiation gathering software. The loaded OS is MS-DOS which avoids all problems with long term stability in that Windows can consume large amounts of CPU time and memory and on occasion can crash whereas MS-DOS and Aware Electronics software are extremely stable providing many years of continuous operation with no crash or reboot.

If the client's power to the PC is interrupted, upon re-establishment the PC will reboot and automatically start the radiation gathering software and Aw-fetch by-way-of the autoexec.bat file.

For highest reliability we avoid the use of the internet for downloading the radiation data from the client's remote PC to our server in that an internet socket is susceptible to port attack whereas a phone connection to a private line is very secure.

As regards hosting of the client's radiation data on Aware Electronics Corp. internet server, the client's website address will start with www.aw-el.com/ followed by any name desired for example www.aw-el.com/my_township. The client can include a link to this site from any internet page, or include a link to any of the client radiation data graphs or text files generated by Aware Electronics. The address of the website will be held completely private.

The cost of the service is $150 per month plus phone bill. The service includes all features described herein and on the links provided as-well-as the hosting of the website on our internet server.

Summary of costs are as follows:

1. One time charge for the radiation monitor for example $149.50 for one RM-60.

2. Shipping and handling of the PC and radiation monitor to the client's site typically $20 to $49 or more for overseas sites.

3. Monthly service charge of $150 for ongoing radiation data gathering and website presentation.

4. Monthly lease charge of $45 for the PC unless the client purchases the PC.

5. Monthly long distance phone service charge typically $5 per month with several updates per day.

In addition the client provides the site location and the phone line. The client provided phone line is used only to receive incoming phone calls from Aware Electronics Corp. server.

As regards billing, the most convenient procedure includes charging the client's credit card once per month. The credit card can be VISA, MasterCard, EuroCard or American Express. Otherwise we can mail a monthly bill.

The client can cancel the service at any time by contacting Aware Electronics at which point the client should return the PC if leased. All collected radiation data, graphs and files relating to the client as well as the radiation monitor remain the sole property of the client.

In summary the client steps include:

1. Select the site. A site is best located within a living space, office, basement or other sheltered area. A standard phone line and 120 to 250 VAC power source is needed for the PC. The phone line need only accept incoming calls.

2. Let us know the site address, your desired website address and terms then we will post the radiation monitor and the small PC box or HP 200LX Palmtop PC to the site. Unpack the box and plug the radiation monitor's cord into the PC's serial port. Plug the PC's power cord and phone line in. Turn on the PC then let us know by E-Mail or phone that the PC is running and also the current phone number the modem is plugged into. Within a short period of time your radiation data and graphs will appear on the website.

If in the future you change the phone number, just let us know and we will direct our server to dial the new phone number.

With this modest cost (prices subject to change) the client is provided with a complete highly secure record of radiation levels as well as the website display.