Design of the remote monitoring system for mine hoists

In this paper we present a remote monitoring system for mine hoist based on computer technology, network technology and monitoring technology. The functional and structural design of the system is addressed. The system consists of data acquisition module, signal transmission module and software working on workstation and network server. An algorithm that can detect multiple faults simultaneously is proposed in detail. The software of the system is designed in a browser/server (Browse/Server, referred to as the B/S) architecture frame based on the Microsoft Visual Basic.NET platform. Such architecture for software is often used in industrial applications and it becomes the mainstream of remote monitoring and control architecture model. The validity and superiority of the proposed system are supported by field test.