Home/ Questions/Q 7545377
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Asked: 2026-05-30T08:54:47+00:00

My goal is to send data from a PC to a Viewing Station (running

  • 0

My goal is to send data from a PC to a Viewing Station (running Linux, on the same network) so that the user at the Viewing Station (VS) can view a graph of the data. I am not allowed to install any applications on the Viewing Station but it does have a browser (something like Firefox or Chrome).

The only way I could think of doing this is to create a java applet which is opened in the browser (on the viewing station), which reads data from the IP address/ port on the viewing station.

Is this possible? How can I go about doing this? Thanks

edit: I cannot send the data to be graphed, outside of the local network. The data is sent from the PC to a local IP address where the viewing station is located.
Scenario:

  1. PC starts sending data to be graphed, to a fixed IP address (where the viewing station is located).
  2. User opens up a browser in the viewing station and opens something that shows the graph. The graph should contain the data received from a predefined port/IP address.
  3. New values are added every 240ms.

edit2: We have shelved this feature for now so I am unable to try any of the mentioned solutions. Thanks for the input though

Share

Leave an answer

You must login to add an answer.

Need An Account,

1 Answer

  1. Editorial Team

    If a server-side solution is not practical, I’d look to implement simple graphs using JS and the HTML 5 canvas. For more complex graphs, find a JS API.

    If a server-side solution is practical, use JFreeChart (or JCharts etc.) to produce an image on the server-side, then provide that image to the client.

    Although browsers may be installed on the client, it does not necessarily mean that Java is installed & enabled in those browsers.

    • 0