USRD - Universal Sensor
Remoting Device

USRD is designed to remotely control and retrieve data from multiple sensors and transfer data to a base station, the Universal Sensor Remote Device allows for the remote control of a wide variety of sensors through wired and wireless communications. This system was designed to be highly extensible so that new sensors can be added easily.

In order to remotely control a wide variety of sensors, USRD is equipped with 2 serial ports and a framegrabber that can capture 4 different analog RS-170 video sources. An A/D card is an optional accessory that can be used to talk to other sensors.

USRD can communicate its information back to its base station through a variety of different mechanisms including wired RS-232, Ethernet, wireless radio modem for long-range/low bandwidth communications, and wireless LAN card for short-range/high speed data transmissions.