To solve the problem about gathering equipment activity information in the military drilling, a software suite, in which the information gathering server is central, is designed and implemented, referring to the instant message systems. The suite adopts a content customizable information model and a set of length variable information messages, implements functions such as information gathering, information downloading, and web-based server monitoring. It can uniformly handle various types of equipment activity information, allows monitoring the gathering server through Web, and meets the requirement for information gathering of concerned drilling information systems.