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Computer coding:
Test.html••••••••••.xml
Test.html••••••••••.xml<page>•••••••<?xml version>
<html>•••••••<data values>
tes••••••••••• <relay/state>
</html> •••••••••••o
</page>•••••••</relay state>
<>••••••••••• </data values>
Today, we started out Green tech class by learning the basics of html and xml coding. We learned this to set a foundation on what we were about to learn. When Dr. Bill was finished with our brief overview of coding, we went to the main control box of the buildings audimation system. There, Dr. Bill showed us in depth, how to control several aspects of the building. For example, using an IP address given to us by Dr. Bill, we can control the Elabs fan system from anywhere in the world. Then by adding state.xml to the IP address, you can determine how many fans are on based on the number of zeros and ones the code has (0=off, 1=on).
You can do this with any aspect of the Energy Lab using the IP address assigned to that area or job of the lab.
Then, we went to elab2.hpa.edu. At this website, you can see when, and for how long anything in the Energy Lab was being used. Again, I used the fans as an example. You can also graph all of them, but it wouldn't load for some reason on my computer.
We also went over cookies this class. I learned that every site you visit leaves cookies, and based on the sites you have visited, they web can adjust itself to advertise according to things you would be most likely interested in. Also, it online shopping websites and airlines can adjust themselves based on your financial standing and your shopping habits. It does this by reading the cookies you have left behind when visiting webpages.
By learning everything we did today, Lucas, Awe, and I now can control the building from anywhere. We can also tell if there is a problem anywhere in the system, so we can fix it as soon as it is found.
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