IT&Security&Communication&Network
Smart Grid Enabled Mobile Gateways
Jan 16th
KSGL Mobile Gateways comes with support for GSM/GPRS/EDGE/CDMA support, Analog and Digital I/O’s and upto 6 Serial and 1 Ethernet port all sub-station / EMI/EMC hardened for high availability and high EMI/EMC rugged requirements. Ideal for Smart Grid, APDRP applications with OpenVPN Support and Dynamic IP Support.
Remote monitoring and smart grid applications require extensive remote monitoring on standards based protocols. Kalkitech Mobile Gateways are ideal for this requirement. With a huge array of power system and metering protocols, together with substation hardened design, they are ideal for AMR/AMI and smart grid applications
Manufacturing Message Specification
Jan 16th
Manufacturing Message Specification (MMS) is an international standard (ISO 9506) dealing with messaging system for transferring real time process data and supervisory control information between networked devices and/or computer applications. The standard is developed and maintained by the ISO Technical Committee 184 (TC184). MMS defines the following
- A set of standard objects which must exist in every device, on which operations like read, write, event signaling etc can be executed. Virtual manufacturing device (VMD) is the main object and all other objects like variables, domains, journals, files etc comes under VMD.
- A set of standard
DLMS Metering Communication Protocol
Jan 16th
DLMS Metering Communication Protocol, standardized under the IEC-62056 series, comprises mainly of the following standard specifications
IEC62056-53: COSEM Application Layer
COSEM (Companion Specification for Energy Metering) defines an Application Layer protocol that can handle Meter data and perform the basic functions of data set/get/action operations in the Meter. In addition to these, COSEM handles access rights, client-server connection handling, abstracting meter data from/to COSEM class instances, framing data into COSEM packets, high-level segmentation of data into blocks etc.
IEC62056-46: HDLC Datalink Layer
HDLC
Smart grid potential gated by broadband
Jan 15th
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–U.S. energy objectives are closely intertwined with–and in many cases, rely upon–the country’s broadband infrastructure, government officials and smart-grid company executives say.
The Federal Communications Commission on Monday held a “field hearing” at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the role of communications in energy and environment. It was an information-gathering session designed to help set a national broadband strategy.
Energy displays bring the smart grid home (photos)
The entire notion of the smart
Sigma Snaps Up Perennial Smart Grid Hopeful Zensys
Jan 15th
Zensys’s Z-Wave has been trying to get adopted as a smart grid technology, but it’s been slow going. Maybe Sigma Designs can help.
Sigma Designs has bought Zensys for an undisclosed amount. Zensys has been trying to gain traction in the smart grid market but hasn’t experienced a tremendous amount of success.Zensys is the primary driver behind Z-Wave, a wireless, energy-efficient protocol that allows lights, appliances, security cameras, thermostats and other devices to talk to each other. Z-Wave is a single chip solution and is cheaper than competing technologies like ZigBee and WiFi, say advocates.
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USAT’s Wireless Expertise Can Mobilize Your Enterprise
Jan 15th
Since launching our WWAN business unit a decade ago, USAT has emerged as a leader in the cellular wireless data integration market. USAT has made our reputation in the wireless arena by providing effective wireless connectivity for mobile computing, M2M, and remote monitoring applications using public cellular networks. In addition, USAT’s pre-sale design, deployment, and post-sale support services are leveraged by our clientele to ensure a wireless initiative’s success. Whether your business need is a cellular back-haul from a meter, an RTU, or a credit card machine, USAT has a solution that will fit the need.
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MTR Smart Grid Wireless Solutions
Jan 15th
MTR Smart Grid Wireless solutions meet the challenge of connecting resource distribution grids, such as water/gas/electrical meters and multi type sensors, of almost any size, to smart wireless Wide Area Networks [WAN] benefiting private, public Utilities and their customers.
Smart Grid Design & Layout
Smart Grid Wireless System
Each Client End Point [CEP], in a distribution grid, is connected to a MTR Remote Terminal Unit [RTU]. The robust, durable and high performance RTU collects data from the CEP and… Continue reading
Optical Communications for Improving the Performance and Reliability of the Smart Grid
Jan 13th
The electric power industry of the future will be far more information-intensive than it is today. The business model will change from the sale of energy at relatively static prices to the management of a competitive energy market providing spot pricing to customers. This will lead to a far more dynamic environment, significantly increasing demand for accurate and timely voice and data communications. Continue reading
A Systems View of the Modern Grid – Motivates and Includes the Consumer
Jan 11th
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19 pages – 381 KB – PDF File
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NETL
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NETL
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The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), part of DOE’s national laboratory system, is owned and operated by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). NETL supports DOE’s mission to advance the national, economic, and energy security of the United States
CAISO’s Plan for Integration of Renewable Resources
Jan 11th
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California ISO
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California ISO
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The California ISO is a not-for-profit public-benefit corporation charged with operating the majority of California’s high-voltage wholesale power grid. Balancing the demand for electricity with an equal supply of megawatts, the ISO is the impartial link between power plants and the utilities that serve more than 30 million consumers. The ISO provides equal access to the grid for all qualified users and strategically plans for the transmission needs of this vital infrastructure
