1. AMRDEC Test Facility Improvement Project
Mid-Term Design Review

2. Project Introduction Team Members
Bill Whiteley
Jonathan Ahlbin
Jostin Crass
Ryan Davis
Sponsor: Propulsion and Structures Directorate at Redstone Arsenal
Jay Lilley – Program Director
George Arkoosh – Main Contact

3. Project Focus Two Pronged Approach
Improve the Propulsion and Structures Testing Facility's Data Capture and Data Management Capabilities
Two Pronged Approach
Improve video & audio data collection
Improve the management of collected test data

4. Hardware Requirements
Capture 4 cameras & 4 audio channels simultaneously
At resolutions of 640x480
At 30FPS
Export captured data to AVI encoded format
Instant replaying of test

5. Primary A/V Collection Plan
Arnold’s Air Force Base
Currently employing a multiple DVR system to capture A/V data from tests
Contacted Jim Nichols
Works at Arnold’s Video Collection Center and is a PhD student at Vandy
Willing to work with us to model a system that meets our needs
Meeting scheduled for next week

6. Secondary A/V Collection Plan
Pelco DX8000
Addressed George’s Concerns with the system during conference call
His Concerns are:
Resolution/Frame Rate
Proprietary Video format
Uncompressed AVI Exporting Feature
Recovery Disks
Hard Drive Space
Called Technical Support
Two Boxes must be used to achieve desired frame rate and resolution

7. Hardware Status Bailment Agreement
Finished
Selection of primary or secondary video capture plan
Pending
Application Server
Finished and Online

8. Test Data Management Data Storage System Currently No organized system
Data is usually kept by the engineers who conduct the test or the data resides with the person responsible for analyzing the data
DV tapes and Data Files (Video and ASCII) are stored various places and with various people
Consequences of Current System
Lost data
Misplaced data
Improperly labeled or cataloged data

9. Software Requirements
The new Data Management System has the following requirements
The system must be able to store digital test data files
Users must be able to retrieve data from a thin client program (browser) connected to the application server
Users must be able to search or browse through previously entered test cases to find specific test data
The system must programmatically enforce a standard operation procedure
The interface to the system must be intuitive and simple

10. The Venom System
Vanderbilt Electronic Networked Object Management System
Intranet application hosted on MS IIS
Built on the Active Server Pages platform
Supported by MS SQL Server 2003 database
Written in VB Script, JavaScript, HTML and SQL

11. Technology Review Application Technology ASP – Active Server Pages
Platform that runs inside MS Internet Information Service (IIS)
An ASP file has the file extension ".asp"
An ASP file can contain text, HTML, XML, and scripts
Scripts in an ASP file are executed on the server
Since ASP files are returned as plain HTML, they can be viewed in any browser
Provides security since your ASP code can not be viewed from the browser

12. Technology Review Database Technology MS SQL Server 2000
Microsoft technology
Enterprise data management platform
Up to 32 Processors and up to 64 GB of Memory
SQL Server Agent runs scheduled tasks
Full-Text searching capabilities
Automated data backup capabilities

13. The Venom System Core Functionality
Open a new test case in the Venom System
Describe the test case using common test parameters
Test Name
Requestor
Date of Test
Type Of Test
Hardware Manufacturer
Upload generated test data to the test case
Search or browse for previously entered tests
Download test data from the test cases

14. Venom Environment

15. Application Model Centralized Processing Utilizes a Global Namespace
A single file handles all application state transitions
Two Stage Processing
Pre-Processing Stage – Takes action on user input and handles most database access, file upload / processing
Post-Processing Stage – Handles all of the page creation responsibilities
Facilitates easy extension of the application
Increases security because it hides asp file information

16. Post-Processing -Page Creation
Processing Algorithm
default.asp
Final State
Current State
default.asp
Pre-Processing - Database Access
- Handle User Actions
File Transfers
- Object Creation
Post-Processing -Page Creation
-Display Results

17. Data Structure – Test Case

18. Data Structure - Application

21. Pre-Test Project
Pretest: All information necessary to organize and perform a test
Goal: Gather information on pre-test procedures
Next Semester Goal: Design a program to perform and organize all pre-test procedures

22. Pre-Test Progress
Received a word document outlining nine general test categories
Contacted advisor via to continue to think about pre-test information
Future: Meeting advisor in Huntsville to gather all information regarding the pre-test

23. Project Schedule

24. Discussion / Questions