The WindsP Web application supports the activities of the preparation and execution of the experiments (field campaigns) included in NEWA — New European Wind Atlas Joint Programme, in particular, the Double hill experiment at Perdigão.
The last version WindsP v0.4 (AKA WindsPT) was built for the windscanner.pt infrastructure — “Infraestrutura Nacional WindScanner (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-022207)”.
WindsPT supports the work of Campaign managers and participant institutions from planning and preparation to execution and dissemination of the results.
The objective of this Web application is to be a support tool for the design and management of field campaigns, and an archive of all the relevant information linked to them. Campaign participants find in WindsPT the location of the stations and equipment used to collect experimental data, the list of relevant events, and the documentation produced.
WindsPT includes the following functionalities:
The last WindsPT build is available for testing proposes at https://windscannerpt.fe.up.pt. To use the functionalities available, it is required to login using one the credentials available for different roles:
WindsPT is used by different groups of users with different roles:
The platform functionalities are grouped in the following modules:
Contains the platform core functionalities. Each campaign has one profile.
The profile info page shows the campaign objectives, dates, location and contact information.
The objective of the logbook is to register the day-to-day activity while the campaign is in operation. Participants can create events separated in categories and associate files and photos with them. The categories can be modified by the manager and new ones can be added.
The stations' page shows the map with all the stations organized by category and subcategory. The same information is also displayed in table format. In this page is also possible to export the visualized information in KML and CSV formats.
In the station profile, it is possible to obtain all the station information, including documents, datasets and photos.
The personnel timeline allows for quickly know the people involved in the campaign, the periods in which each one was in the field.
With the Personnel timeline, it is possible to check the time periods in which each station was installed, operated, and uninstalled.
The information on the equipment categories, manufacturers and models, used in all campaigns and curated, is available for all participants peruse.
Below is an example of the equipment models used. The equipment can be filtered by “Category”, “Subcategory” and “Name” in the filter box provided.
Users can add datasheets, manuals, photos and other files to an equipment model.
The functionalities available to each roles are grouped in the role dashboard.
The User dashboard allows the users to quickly find the campaigns in which they are participating; their sent, received and deleted messages; and update their profile settings.
Within the institution dashboard, its manager can find the project the institution is collaborating in. The institution devices and users, and update the institution's settings.
See the dashboard for U.Porto» [MANAGER]
The institution campaign can be used by its managers to view summaries about the institution's surveys answers. This dashboard can also be used to manage the campaign stations, participants and managers. Similarly, other information existing in the campaign profiled page can be updated here: about, maps, useful links, and overlays.
See the dashboard for Perdigão» [MANAGER]
In the project dashboard, the project summary information can be visualized, e.g., status and summary, and its assets managed, e.g., campaigns, users, institutions, about.
See the dashboard for a NEWA» [MANAGER]
The Admin dashboard can be user can be used by administrators and curators, to manage all the information used in multiple projects and campaigns, e.g., equipment, windmodels and personnel categories. The same platform is used to manage users, approve, suspend, etc.
See the dashboard for admin» [MANAGER]
The first survey is used to collect each institution participation intention for each campaign in a given project. The survey asks about the categories and quantities of equipment to be made available, wind models to be used and quantities of personnel.
In the first page the Institution Mananger quickly chooses what campaigns the institution will participate in.
Then, per each chosen campaign, one form is displayed asking the equipment, wind models and personnel information.
Finally, all information is summarized on the last page of the survey.
In a later phase, the second survey is used to collect the details on the equipment to be made available.
Per each campaign to which the Institution will provide equipment, the equipment models and manufacturers are requested.
All the information is summarized on the last page of the survey.
The functionalities available to users without authentication.
Use the Sign in to authenticate yourself.
In this page a non authenticated user can request a new account.
The reset password page can be used by non-authenticated users to reset its password i.e., request a new password.
The contact us page can be used by any user to contact the platform administrators, to report any problem or offer suggestions.
In this page any user can check the platform usage manual, that otherwise appear in the correspondent pages, on the top right navbar help menu.
See Perdigão the manual online page »
— WindsPCode 2019/03/12 17:24