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News Release from: Pacscom | Subject: OpenNET
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 03 November 2006
New telemetry opportunities with OpenNET
OpenNET modules allow a small cell of wireless sensors, suitable perhaps for a sewage treatment works, with intelligent logic at the hub creating alarm messages, sent over any standard comms link
Pacscom is well known for its highly flexible range of radio telemetry systems and has been at the forefront in the application of secure high performance low power radio systems into a wide spectrum of markets for 25 years Pacscom recognises that utility organisations need to embrace, and appropriately deploy, emerging technologies, such as mesh radios, Zigbee* and RFID sensor networks as part of their networking strategies
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 26 Jun 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The explosive growth in demand for data, driven by the need to optimise and reduce energy usage as well as meeting increasing legislative and environmental requirements, is being fuelled by the ease, simplicity and low costs by which these modern wireless systems solve the traditional implementation and accessibility hurdles.
Demonstrating significant foresight, Pacscom has been applying its range of battery-powered wireless sensors for over five years.
With the experience gained over this period, together with the technical expertise to seamlessly integrate emerging technologies, Pacscom is now launching a group of modules known as OpenNET.
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These offer excellent connectivity options as they can all talk Ethernet, Serial and Wireless communications in different forms.
The four-package group means that it is no longer necessary to be inhibited about what type of radio, cable or wireless communications is to be used on a site for there is total flexibility to use any type of connection medium appropriate to the application.
In simple terms OpenNET modules will allow a small cell of wireless sensors, suitable perhaps for a sewage treatment works or small factory, to be assembled with intelligent logic applied at the hub and an intelligent alarm message sent out over any appropriate communications link to the user's offices.
The same modules can operate point to point telemetry links or small networks, and form nodes in large metering or monitoring networks.
Due to their open nature, using a standard IEC611 31 configuration methodology, users are able to configure the systems themselves as opposed to having to rely on the equipment manufacturers for configuration services.
Use of Zigbee or 868MHz mesh radio modules alongside traditional point to multipoint wireless technologies puts OpenNET right at the forefront of the best and cheapest solutions.
Pacscom also supports the protocols that are required to enable them to talk to other components and OpenNET provides very powerful modules with which to build such systems.
Most significantly, OpenNET can be used to upgrade Pacscom existing telemetry networks and systems and easily link them into LANs, WANs and other management networks.
*ZigBee is based upon the IEC 802.15.4 evolving standard.
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