Wellspring Inc. releases ZigBee.Wellspring well·spring n. 1. The source of a stream or spring. 2. A source: a wellspring of ideas. wellspring Noun International Inc., a provider of wireless, point-of-use utility submeters for all building types, announced it has released a 2.4 gigahertz One billion cycles per second. See GHz. (unit) GigaHertz - (GHz) Billions of cycles per second. The unit of frequency used to measure the clock rate of modern digital logic, including microprocessors. ZigBee ready prototype design, consummating a development agreement with Ember Corporation to bring ZigBee technology to Wellspring's Aqura wireless submetering system. Ember, a developer of wireless semiconductor solutions and "ZigBee Alliance" promotel has agreed to supply Wellspring with its Ember chipset, firmware A category of memory chips that hold their content without electrical power. Firmware includes flash, ROM, PROM, EPROM and EEPROM technologies. When holding program instructions, firmware can be thought of as "hard software." See flash memory, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FOTA. and advanced development tools for use in Wellspring's next-generation Aqura wireless submetering system, Wellspring will be the first submetering company to adopt ZigBee technology. ZigBee is a wireless, standards-based radio technology that addresses the unique needs of 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 , control and sensory network applications. It enables broad-based deployment of low cost battery operated wireless networks, much like the one Wellspring currently employs--but with two-way communication Two-way communication is a form of transmission in which both parties involved transmit information. Common forms of two-way communication are:
"ZigBee is poised to become the wireless technology of choice of building controls and will one day impact everyone s home and business," said Wade Smith Wade Smith (born April 26, 1981 in Dallas, Texas) is an American football player who currently plays offensive tackle for the New York Jets. He was a four-year letterman and two-year starter at the University of Memphis. , Wellspring CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , "By integrating our submetering communion! ion with other ZigBee-related products. we have the potential to dramatically expand our own offering in the apartment industry, We are thrilled to work with Ember and align ourselves with such a promising technology." Wellspring's Aqura submetering system wirelessly monitors, records and displays consumption data within any multi family residential unit--regardless of age, type or plumbing configuration. Consumption readings and leak diagnostics are collected via a radio network and delivered Wellspring's data and billing center several times per day, Consumption and diagnostic information is made available on the Internet to both property manager and resident. |
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