Hope this is not too out of topic but as various people here would be responsible for keeping an eye of the status of the hardware they maintain (Diffractometer Status, long Data Collections, Beam Status, Liquid Nitrogen Status, etc); this "might" be of interest. There is a draft CCP14 based page on using WAP (The Mobile Phone "Wireless Application Protocol") for Crystallographic/X-ray Diffraction applications. http://www.ccp14.ac.uk/solution/wap/ Of the many things that are possible, this allows you to keep an eye of the status of hardware (and running software) using a WAP enabled Mobile Phone. (useful if you cannot be near a network terminal or status screen all the time or are not on site) WAP enabled pages can be housed on a standard web-server (such as the freeware Apache for UNIX and Windows). ASCII WML WAP pages and WAP WBMP images can be created using freeware tools available off the internet. ---- The simple (public) examples given in the page is a WAP page on the SRS Synchrotron Beam Status: Text Only: http://wap.dl.ac.uk Graphics and Text: http://wap2.dl.ac.uk (You will need a WAP enabled Mobile Phone or WAP Emulator to view the above pages: e.g, Wapalizer Javascript: http://www.gelon.net (does not handle the graphics properly) WINWAP for Windows: http://www.slobtrot.com/winwap/ ---- Some of the pitfalls and problems of WAP are also given. It is not a very well designed protocol but it is "usable". Corrections/suggestions for the page appreciated. As well as links to other Crystallographic/Scientific WAP enabled pages. Cheers, Lachlan. PS: How much RAM and Paper tape was required for the early Algol and Fortran Rietveld programs? (before and after the capability to do anisotropic thermals was added?) -- Lachlan M. D. Cranswick Collaborative Computational Project No 14 (CCP14) for Single Crystal and Powder Diffraction Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, WA4 4AD U.K Tel: +44-1925-603703 Fax: +44-1925-603124 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ext: 3703 Room C14 http://www.ccp14.ac.uk
