Title :
A mobile, visual scripting environment for monitoring and controlling wireless devices
Author :
Dwyer, Kenneth D. ; Smedley, Trevor J.
Author_Institution :
Alberta Univ., Edmonton, Alta., Canada
Abstract :
We introduce a visual scripting language and environment for handheld computers which we are developing, and discuss our research into adapting it for use with devices enabled with wireless communication, such as Bluetooth and IrDA. The environment is event-driven, using dataflow diagrams for programming. The language has its roots in the general purpose visual language, Prograph, but is significantly modified for end-user programming on a handheld computer, and supplemented with functionality for monitoring and controlling wireless devices.
Keywords :
mobile radio; monitoring; notebook computers; telecommunication control; dataflow diagrams; handheld computers; mobile environment; visual scripting environment; wireless communication; wireless devices control; wireless devices monitoring; Application software; Bluetooth; Communication system control; Computer languages; Computerized monitoring; Functional programming; Handheld computers; Packaging; Personal digital assistants; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless And Mobile Computing, Networking And Communications, 2005. (WiMob'2005), IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9181-0
DOI :
10.1109/WIMOB.2005.1512963