A method of viewing data of a turbine monitoring system from a remote
location is provided. The turbine monitoring system includes a
programmable logic controller having an interface rack. In an exemplary
embodiment, the method includes supplying an on-site monitoring computer,
installing at least one communications gateway card in the interface
rack, connecting the on-site monitoring computer to the at least one
gateway card by a local area network, and connecting the on-site
monitoring computer also to a wide area network.