An Automated Monitoring System (AMS) for Real-Time Environment Monitoring

Carlos Primo David¹, Cesar Llorente², Bernardino Lopez², Allan Malunes², and Von Ryan Padlan²

¹National Institute of Geological Sciences, University of the Philippines Diliman
²Department of Computer Engineering, Don Bosco College Mandaluyong

Abstract

The Automated Monitoring System (AMS) is a stand-alone module that was created to monitor environmental parameters on site and transmit data to a remote receiving terminal. All components of the AMS have been assembled or fabricated locally making the system low-cost. Furthermore, it uses the economical SMS technology (text messaging) for data transfer instead of the use of radio frequency which is more expensive and limited by the distance between transmitter and receiver modules. The large coverage of cell sites in the country has now made SMS an effective means for data transfer. Currently, the AMS has sensors capable of measuring water quality parameters such as temperature, conductivity, flowrate, water level, and turbidity. The system can also easily be configured to measure weather parameters (rainfall, humidity, windspeed, etc.) or modified for other specific uses (wastewater outflow, volcano monitoring, etc.) that have needs for real-time data.