Patent ID: 8396947

Claim:
An active monitoring system for serial monitoring devices used in a transmission environment having a plurality of serial monitoring devices, the system comprising: a server device, including: an initializing module for loading a configuration list during initialization and extracting and recording the status of each of the serial monitoring devices according to the configuration list; a message processing module for receiving a message packet and updating the configuration list according to the message packet; and a tagging module for generating and transmitting a corresponding OPC tag according to the updated configuration list for monitoring; and a triggering device in connection with each of the serial monitoring devices via a serial port, the triggering device include: a storing module for storing a control command in advance; an analyzing module for analyzing at least one serial data received via each of the serial ports to obtain at least one corresponding data body; a converting module for using the at least one data body to generate at least one corresponding device tag according to the OPC standard; a monitoring module for continuously reading the at least one device tag and executing the control command and setting the at least one device tag according to the execution result of the control command; and a triggering module for packing the at least one device tag after setting into the message packet and actively sending the message packet to the server device.