Project Described.  
Hardware.

LOCOMM uses Microchip's PIC 16F877A series. Basically, device consists of two parts - a transmitter and receivers.

Data is transferred to the transmitter via Server Software. As soon as the transmitter collects the whole data from server, it is broadcasted through air to whole devices in coverage area.

A receiver, randomly receives any of the data transmitted through air and again basically, looks for start bit(s) of the possible message. Second step; determines if it is the receiver of the message by checking "TO" field of the incoming message. If not, cancels receival.

As the last step, if all the conditions are okay, the message is received and stored in device and displayed on the backlit LCD device.

 

Software.

LOCOMM server-software is designed and programmed using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2005.

Software uses any serial COM port to communicate with the transmitter device connected to the server.

LOCOMM software stores all the contact, groups and message information on the server.

An unlimited number of contacts and groups could be created, edited and removed simply with a few clicks.

LOCOMM software also has a built-in BACK&RESTORE system enabling users to easily backup their data and move to another PC only in a few minutes.

 

Fast and Robust.

LOCOMM is fast enough for any mid-sized and huge-sized companies with employees with numbers of thousands.

Sending a full-message takes only 0.2 seconds at most, meaning delivering 1000 messages company-wise takes less than 4 minutes while even sending a single SMS to a person takes about a minute.

 

LOCOMM is basically an advanced pager-like device but capable of storing and receiving messages within a range of a building depending on the transmitter types without using any GSM infrastructure.

 

Supervisor, Coordinator and Students.

You choose your server.

Ass. Prof. Ali Ziya Alkar
Project Coordinator

 

Prof. H. Selcuk Gecim
Project Supervisor

 

Berrak Anil
Project Student

  • Hacettepe University Electrical&Electronics Engineering Graduate Student

 

Koray Alkan
Project Student

 

 

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