Datamatic Announces Shipment of Enhanced Firefly AMR Units.Units Support ProfilePLUS Online[TM] Real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. Dispute Resolution PLANO, Texas Plano (IPA: /ˈpleɪnoʊ/) is a wealthy suburb of Dallas, Texas, located to the north, mainly within Collin County, but also extending into Denton County. According to the 2000 U.S. -- Officials from Datamatic Ltd. announced the first shipments of FIREFLY firefly or lightning bug, small, luminescent, carnivorous beetle of the family Lampyridae. Fireflies are well represented in temperate regions, although the majority of species are tropical and subtropical. Meter Interface Units supporting the new ProfilePLUS Online([TM]) capability are underway to utilities. ProfilePLUS Online streamlines billing dispute resolution by making customer usage profiles available over the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the and can do so using handheld handheld: see personal digital assistant. , mobile and fixed-base data collection platforms. Datamatic has been a leading supplier of enterprise meter reading solutions since 1980. Datamatic Senior Vice President, Andy Kercher said, "ProfilePLUS Online builds even greater value into the FIREFLY AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. platform. Usage disputes can be expensive to settle. There can be hours spent to research, re-read the meter and re-contact the customer; not to mention usage credits that are often given away. With ProfilePLUS Online, these issues can now be resolved on the first call with real data. We're excited that we can now deliver this innovative customer service tool to FIREFLY AMR customers." Information generated by ProfilePLUS Online shows such common issues as high usage, leak (programming) leak - With a qualifier, one of a class of resource-management bugs that occur when resources are not freed properly after operations on them are finished, so they effectively disappear (leak out). This leads to eventual exhaustion as new allocation requests come in. conditions, and watering violations in a way that is both intuitive and highly visual. Utility representatives can even choose to "share" data and explain usage patterns to the customer while they simultaneously view online. Kercher concluded, "The bottom line is that ProfilePLUS Online will save utilities money and help them serve their customers better." Utilities interested in ProfilePLUS Online should contact Datamatic at (972) 234-5000. About Datamatic, Ltd. Datamatic provides flexible data collection solutions to utilities worldwide. The company's innovative ideas virtually created an industry when it installed the first electronic meter reading system in 1980. For more than a quarter of a century, Datamatic has been an innovation leader in the design, implementation and support of advanced data collection solutions for water, gas and electric utilities. Additional information about Datamatic is available by calling Scott Black at (214) 520-3430 or on the Web at www.datamatic.com. |
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