title: Retrieve data from IP address/port using browser applet
body: <p>My goal is to send data from a PC to a Viewing Station (running Linux, on the same network) so that the user at the Viewing Station (VS) can view a graph of the data. I am not allowed to install any applications on the Viewing Station but it does have a browser (something like Firefox or Chrome). </p>
  
  <p>The only way I could think of doing this is to create a java applet which is opened in the browser (on the viewing station), which reads data from the IP address/ port on the viewing station. </p>
  
  <p>Is this possible? How can I go about doing this? Thanks</p>
  
  <p>edit: I cannot send the data to be graphed, outside of the local network. The data is sent from the PC to a local IP address where the viewing station is located. 
  Scenario:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>PC starts sending data to be graphed, to a fixed IP address (where the viewing station is located).</li>
  <li>User opens up a browser in the  viewing station and opens something that shows the graph. The graph should contain the data received from a predefined port/IP address. </li>
  <li>New values are added every 240ms. </li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>edit2: We have shelved this feature for now so I am unable to try any of the mentioned solutions. Thanks for the input though</p>