TY - JOUR T1 - PC-Based Centralized System for Controlling and Determining Status of Electrical Devices AU - , Mohammad Rohul Amin JO - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences VL - 2 IS - 11 SP - 1598 EP - 1606 PY - 2007 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1816-949x DO - jeasci.2007.1598.1606 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2007.1598.1606 KW - Electrical circuit KW -interfacing KW -parallel port KW -IEEE 1284 Standard KW -DLL KW -VB KW -oracle AB - At present a world that people prefer automated systems rather than manual systems because of efficient, reliable and timesaving. Since the automated centralized electrical system is very expensive, most of the offices, hotels and industries are still controlling their decentralized electrical systems manually. In case of large organization, these manual decentralized electrical systems are very time consuming for controlling and furthermore the administrator of existing system could not identify the present status (On/Off) of the electrical devices. The proposed system consists of an electronic circuit which interfaces with a computer through the parallel port for timely controlling the electrical devices centrally using the database software. The proposed database software records the transactions about each and every devices, can estimate the total used time for a specific device. It includes internal memory for PC-free operation; control over 4,000 devices at a time; feed-through outlet won’t block from plugging in other devices; and provides easy trouble-free connection. This PC-based centralized system is very effective for the home, offices, hotels and industries in terms of cost and time for controlling the electrical devices. ER -