Rain Logger System

1. Rain Logger System Christine Lee Matthew Mattson Zoe Cook Buck Jeffcott ISM 4331 Florida Gulf Coast University November 6, 2003

2. Introduction A system is needed that accurately keeps track of rainfall amounts. These amounts should then be viewable when requested by the user. The application being developed will be called the Rain Logger System. It will provide data for tracking rainfall measurements.

3. Decomposition Description Architecture Diagram

4. Dependency Description

5. Interface Description

6. Detailed Design Pseudocode for GUI Declare variables for Rainfall Amount, Date, and Time. Retrieve the date from the rain logger. Retrieve the time from the rain logger. Retrieve the rainfall amount from the rain logger. Display date, time, and rainfall on GUI. Set Update button to display the variables date, time, and rainfall once it is selected. Set the variables to be reset and cleared once the user presses the Clear button. Reset the rainfall amount on the rain logger back to 0. Exit the program. Pseudocode from Visual Basic for serial port data transfer • Open Communications Port 2 on the terminal. • Set to display if connected. • Set port settings to 9600 baud, no parity, 8 data, and 1 stop. • Tell the control to read entire buffer when Input used. • Send attention command to the rain gauge. • Display Serial Port Connected.

7. State Diagrams Update Rainfall Feature

8. State Diagrams (Cont) Clear Rainfall Feature

9. Conclusion • What needs to be done? • Coding for connecting the GUI to the text file • Coding for communication between com port and rain gauge • Finishing touches on the GUI screen • Test the coding of the software • Check for errors • User Manual

10. Questions?