Chicago Area Municipality Leverages Investment in Emergency Alert Systems to Web-Enable Ballpark Lighting, Improve Accountability and Reduce Expenses.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- iControl, Inc. (http://www.icontrol-inc.com) announces a new application for its product line of remote wireless controllers. A Chicago-land suburb has selected iControl equipment and services to supply web-enabled lighting automation controllers for its recreational ballparks. The decision comes after competitive installments were evaluated last season under the rigors of public use. Ballpark lighting automation extends the use of equipment and communication links already installed for Chicago-area civil defense networks. iControl is in its second year of successfully supplying equipment for the local emergency alert system. Demonstrating a low-cost universal approach, iControl's ballpark lighting and siren control equipment are interchangeable. Both make use of common and interchangeable communications equipment. Authorized representatives from ball teams enter personal identification numbers on the ballpark's keypad A small keyboard or supplementary keyboard keys; for example, the keys on a calculator or the number/cursor cluster on a computer keyboard. See programmable keypad. to turn lights on and off as needed as needed prn. See prn order. . The system tracks the usage and ensures that only authorized users access the fields during normal hours of operation. The system saves the municipality MUNICIPALITY. The body of officers, taken collectively, belonging to a city, who are appointed to manage its affairs and defend its interests. from late-night personnel obligations and unnecessary utility charges. Lighting status, activity reports and system maintenance are available through the Internet. Ballpark lighting automation is a joint service of iControl and a local electrical contractor who supplies installation and physical support. "One of our leading OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partners has once again demonstrated the power of our products to serve in a wide variety of applications, including facilities automation," said David Erickson, V. P. Operations. "Our wireless link and our partner's on-site electrical contracting services combine to web-enable controllers and ensure that parks and recreation departments can reduce utility costs, improve service to the community and go home earlier each night." About iControl Incorporated iControl is a leader in remote monitoring (protocol) remote monitoring - (RMON) A network management protocol that allows network information to be gathered at a single computer. Whereas SNMP gathers network data from a single type of Management Information Base (MIB), RMON 1 defines nine additional MIBs that provide a and control via the Internet. Products include iDAC(TM) data acquisition and control units, iGATE(TM) wide-area network gateways, and iVIEW(TM) data fusion Data fusion, is generally defined as the use of techniques that combine data from multiple sources and gather that information in order to achieve inferences, which will be more efficient than if they were achieved by means of a single source. , display, and reporting suite of web-based tools. iControl is headquartered in San Jose, CA. |
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