Outram Research
Electrical Monitoring App
About the app
Click here for Outram Research's press release describing the app.
The Android app is a universal app designed to run on all screen sizes of Android smartphones and tablets. Because the high voltage testing equipment it controls often operates in a very dangerous enviroment, the app communicates with the equipment via Bluetooth. This allows users to control the equipment and read off test results without going near the equipment, or even from outside the building.
Highlights
- Two-way Bluetooth communication to download diagnostic data and control the operation of the equipment.
- Custom colour and screen adjustment interface to ensure output can be viewed clearly in all light conditions.
- Bearded Hen worked with the client to port their existing Windows C++ code to run natively within the Android app. This meant the complex software the client had already developed for controlling the equipment and reading off test results did not have to be entirely recreated for the move the Android.
- Live data readouts can be captured as screenshot images for later review or sharing with colleagues.
- Re-worked the existing Windows user interface to optimise for Android screen sizes and touch operation.
it is not available on Google Play. Please contact us if you wish
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About Outram Research Ltd
Outram Research Ltd are a specialist manufacturer of leading-edge power quality monitors and analysers.
Their range of testing equipment is used by electrical generation and industrial clients worldwide. Having previously used Windows CE devices to control and monitor their equipment, they decided that these were rapidly becoming obsolete and being superseded by mobile phones and tablets which users were already carrying as a matter of course anyway.
As they wished to supply tablets with their equipment, they chose to use Android devices because of their wide range of prices and models, suitable for all client types.