Monitoring devices remotely using a web page

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Hie everyone.
My name is Jan and i am an engineer and software developer. I develop desktop applications in vb.net and c#

Project Overview:

I want to build a desktop software in .net or c# to read and write data to and from a PLC or other MODBUS devices.
The software will be databound and i want someone to be able to access the information from the software by simply going online and get the process variable or sometimes even control. I am not a
web developer and that is why i came to this forum to ask for assistants

Problem Statement:
1. which web development software is there on the market that has the capability to import from a database and display on webpage
2. If say i develop the webpage, how do i run it on the computer connected to the PLC so that
the webpage is available for certain users on internet, say a control engineer can access the information from home while having a nice time with wife after work

I am really concerned in finding out how to approach problem number 2 mentioned above

I am looking forward to contributions, positive critics, additions
Regards
Jan Makopa

Posted 2-Sep-14 4:27am

PCOMM Engineering

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-02T07:01:00

With VB.NET? Sure, you can do it. It used to be a popular approach to exposing UI for the hardware control applications, but mostly using Java. It's quite possible with ASP.NET, too. Here is what you need, according to your items of your question:

The technology you need is ADO.NET:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADO.NET[^],
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa286484.aspx[^].

This CodeProject article can help to get you started in no time: Using ADO.NET for beginners[^].
You computer connected to MODBUS will need to act as an HTTP server. You need to use IIS or other HTTP server supporting ASP.NET.

—SA