Modeling of smart-laboratory for the educational process

Abstract

Modern information technologies are developing extremely fast. New concepts of data transmission network are emerging, including the exchange between physical network objects, which can be equipped with the most modern technologies of interaction with each other and as a result to make decisions in accordance with external factors. Based on the concept of IoT (Internet of Things), and especially the «smart home», a network of «smart laboratory» was created using the Cisco Packet Tracer application, which was developed by Cisco. It allows you to experiment with the network, evaluate scenarios, break it down into logical and physical levels, set the parameters of the environment. As a result of modeling a semi-model model, which has the following subsystems that help to improve the learning process: fire extinguishing system, smoke fixation system, air conditioning system, energy supply system, light activation system. In addition, with standard features, applications create remote access to control or configure subsystems using devices that support 3 / 4G or Wi-Fi connections. The created scenarios of work are modeled depending on what model makes decisions and carries out actions which help to avoid critical situations. Using the Python software language, devices have been created that mimic the external capabilities of creating model elements, thus testing the subsystems for correct operation and timely self-determination. The software model is easy to scale, can be modified and changed at any time. It has convenient management and views on protection of all processes. In the future, it is planned to upgrade new types of «smart laboratories» based on chemical, physical or any other location of the higher education institution and combine them into one complex model.