Outage Management System Success Leads Northeast Utilities to Further Deploy Padcom's Wireless Data Technology.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers BETHLEHEM, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2001 With the winter storm season fast approaching, Northeast Utilities (NU), one of the 25 largest Investor Owned Utilities (IOU IOU An abbreviation of the phrase "I owe you." Notes: An IOU in the business community is actually a legally binding agreement between a borrower and a lender. The terms of the loan are set out in a contract, and, once it's signed, the two parties must abide by the terms ) in the United States and the largest in New England, wanted to take measures to make preparations; to provide means. See also: measure to ensure reliable electric service for its customers. With over 1.7 million customers in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). , as well as newly competitive markets in Rhode Island, New York and Pennsylvania, NU was in need of a wireless solution that would enable the monitoring of Remote Terminal Units (RTU (Remote Terminal Unit) A device that collects data from data acquisition equipment and sends them to the main system over a wired or wireless network. See SCADA. ). The information provided by the RTUs would allow NU to provide better customer service by transmitting real-time outage management data. They turned to Padcom(R), Inc. to provide a wireless data solution that enables their RTU system to send information over both their trunking and conventional RF networks without application modification. The combination of the Padcom(R) Internet Protocol Converter (IPC (1) (InterProcess Communication) The exchange of data between one program and another either within the same computer or over a network. It implies a protocol that guarantees a response to a request. (TM)) and Remote Data(TM) system wireless data communication platforms gives NU the ability to provide enhanced service as well as a greater level of control within their service territory. Exceedingly pleased with the success of Padcom(R)'s conventional RF solution, The Padcom(R), IPC(TM) is a new extension to NU's original system. Serving as a wireless protocol converter, the Padcom(R) IPC(TM) will allow any IP application to be sent transparently over any network, whether it is proprietary or IP-based. As a result, Padcom(R) bridges the communication gap between the different networks, applications and hardware. With their initial purchase, Northeast Utilities installed Padcom(R)'s RemoteData(TM) System, to leverage their existing network and equipment to send data on the conventional RF network serving both its Massachusetts operations and the Multiple Address System used in New Hampshire. Now The Padcom(R) IPC(TM) provides NU with the ability to transfer data over the GE-Ericsson RDI RDI - Receiver Data Interface trunking network that serves operations in Connecticut. The combination of RemoteData(TM) and the Padcom(R) IPC(TM) provides communication to either the conventional radio network or to the EDACS EDACS Enhanced Digital Access Communication System (Comnet - Ericsson) EDACS Enhanced Digital Access Communications Systems Data Gateway, depending on the radio network designated for each RTU. To Northeast Utilities it appears that all devices are on a single communications platform. www.padcomUSA.com |
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