DPS TELECOM UNVEILS T/MON SLIM CENTRALIZED ALARM MONITORING.

Networks as small as 3 to 15 remote sites can now benefit from centralized alarm monitoring, thanks to T/Mon SLIM, the new telemetry alarm system from DPS Telecom.

T/Mon SLIM consolidates alarms from multiple sites, multiple devices and multiple protocols on one monitoring screen, just like a large, full-featured alarm master -- but T/Mon SLIM is a light-capacity 1 RU device that any small company can afford.

T/Mon SLIM creates a fundamental shift in how independent telcos and other small companies can monitor their telecom networks, according to DPS Telecom CEO Bob Berry.

"Before T/Mon SLIM, small networks had just two monitoring options: Buy a big, expensive alarm system that's overkill for your needs, or depend on a scattered collection of small RTUs reporting to individual pagers. With T/Mon SLIM, even companies with a very limited budget can bring all their alarms from all network sources on one screen," said Berry.

T/Mon SLIM's centralized, one-screen monitoring delivers big benefits to small network managers. With T/Mon SLIM, you can:

-- Know absolutely for certain whether there's trouble anywhere in your network, because every alarm from every remote site is on one screen

-- Monitor a wide variety of equipment: telecom switches, fiber optic, SONET, microwave radios, servers, multiplexers, DPS RTUs -- and the legacy RTUs you already have

-- Monitor alarms in over 20 telemetry protocols, including SNMP, TL1, MODBUS, ASCII, TABS, TBOS and many legacy proprietary protocols

-- Monitor up to 64 individual network devices

-- Monitor up to 10,000 alarm points

-- Keep a central database of pager contacts and automatically schedule alarms from any remote site to any contact -- ensuring that shift changes and holidays don't disrupt alarm monitoring

-- Use T/Mon SLIM's built-in Web server (with optional Secure Sockets Layer encryption) to view alarms from your whole network from any computer anywhere

-- Keep a centralized alarm log for your whole network and analyze historical data to isolate the root cause of recurring problems, identify network weak spots and anticipate future problems

A complete description, full specifications and photos of T/Mon SLIM are available at http://www.dpstelecom.com/tmon- slim.

A free White Paper, "How to Build a NOC Without Breaking Your Budget," takes an in-depth look at centralized, one-screen alarm monitoring applications using T/Mon SLIM. Download the White Paper at http://www.dpstelecom.com/small-networks-whitepaper.

ABOUT DPS TELECOM

DPS Telecom is an industry-leading manufacturer of network alarm monitoring solutions. DPS clients include RBOCs, ILECs, CLECs, gas and electric utilities, heavy and light rail transit, government agencies and manufacturers.

For more information, call 559/454-1600 or visit http://www.dpstelecom.com.