The Arch-OS system is a huge network running through the Portland Square building, containing heaps of information about the building itself. The system is interpreted as the buildings "Operating System" as if the building was actually alive. It is capable of monitoring all sorts of data about the building and relaying information back to itself. Not only does this let the building actually manage itself, it allows others to research the data collected and study how to create a more environmentally friendly building to use.On the Arch-OS section of the Plymouth website any user from around the world is capable of looking at selected sensors placed throughout the building and is able to use this data for their own devices. In our section of the workshop we were asked to use this Arch-OS data and create a very simple Flash application which utilises this data and outputs it into a more user understood way.
http://arch-os.scce.plymouth.ac.uk/live_data.php?refresh=5
In the link above there is a live feed of all of the values output from the Arch-OS system to the web. It contains all sorts of different sensors ranging from lecture theatre temperatures to wind speed/direction.
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