As a reminder, EDITAG Arts is a complete solution made up of IoT sensors, a radio infrastructure and a supervision system to collect information from the sensors. In case of an attempted theft or exceeded temperature / humidity thresholds, the mOOnTAG IoT sensor, specially designed for works of art, sends a real-time alert to the supervision system.
All of these data acquisitions are valuable for operators as diverse as security guards, supervisory staff, management and conservation teams… on site but also remotely.
Especially since for more than a year now, “remote” access is even more important now with the rules for teleworking.
Goal: Make this data accessible to multiple users, who use different hardware and are located in different places.
The difference between server application and client application
The architecture of supervision systems like EDITAG Arts is client-server type.
- The server application (in this case EDITAG ARTS Server or mBOX PRO) is in charge of collecting the data and making it available to users.
- The client application is the application that allows the user to query the server and view the desired information.
The difference between thick client and thin client application.
As we have seen, the client application therefore queries the server application to have access to the data collected by the sensors placed on the works. There are two types of client application: heavy and light. What is the difference ?
- Heavy clients are applications that require the installation of specific, proprietary software on the client workstation, and therefore the computer used. Only through this is it possible to query the server.
- Thin clients do not require the installation of specific software on a computer. The server is a web type server, so all you need is an internet browser to connect to the application in complete safety.
EDITAG Arts, the choice of an IoT monitoring solution in thin client.
The services offered by the EDITAG Arts solution are not aimed at just one type of user. Security officers are concerned, but also management, exhibition managers, collection managers, the conservation team, managers of reserves, conveyors during transport, etc.
These users are often on differentiated computer networks, in different places, different consultation terminals (PC, MAC, tablet, smartphone, etc.), some of which have mobility needs (business travel, transport of work, teleworking, etc.) but all need to access, with different purposes and therefore different user rights, the data collected.
Only a thin client solution allows such ease and flexibility in ensuring secure access.
EDITAG ARTS is an IoT solution that monitors security, preventive conservation conditions, inventories of your permanent and temporary exhibitions and your reserves.