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Bitronics M653 M653 Triple Display Meter Saves Wiring and Time
The M653 is a three-display-at-once meter which is mounted in a 19”, 3U high panel. This gives users a simple way to hook up one meter and have the three displays they want.
The M653 triple display meter is a great value compared with the cost of separate SCADA meters.
The setup of the left and right screens is very simple from either the webpage or directly from the front display.... MoreEasier Configuration and Selection PC Toolsuite Improvements within Alstom?s MiCOM S1 Family
Alstom launches an interactive product catalog, easing your choice of the right device for each application. In synergy with the S1 PC tool, the user answers a few questions to choose the latest applicable full model number, which then allows the configuration and setting workflow to continue. The selector application is refreshed with the latest Alstom Grid releases, from the P40 A... MoreMeter Testing with OMICRON CMControl New test tool extends the functional range of the versatile CMC front panel control
The CMControl, the flexible front panel control for the OMICRON CMC test sets, now provides a completely new test tool for meter testing. With this tool, CMControl users now have the possibility to test not only various power system protection devices, but also electricity meters on-site in a very easy and cost-efficient way. The functionality of the CMControl meter testing tool includes ... MoreNew CSAEMS at CPUT, Cape Town, South Africa
A new Center for Substation Automation and Energy management Systems (CSAEMS) was opened on 27 September 2011 at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), Cape Town, South Africa. The establishment of the Center was funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and was officially opened by the acting Deputy Director-General for Soc... MorePML630 Compact power management solution for load shedding applications
Industrial power systems PML630 is intended for small to medium sized industrial networks. PML630 introduces comprehensive power balance based load shedding functionality providing disturbance-related blackout and power outage protection for industrial power plants. PML630 can manage a power system with maximum of 6 generators, 2 grid transformers, 15 network circuit breakers and 60 shedd... MoreRuggedCom Releases ROX(tm) v2.2
ROX™II, the 'brains' behind RuggedCom's RuggedBackbone™ products, has been upgraded to improve functionality and support for newly introduced hardware line modules. This second-generation operating system is featured in all RuggedBackbone™product series (RX5000/MX5000 and RX15XX).
Notable new capabilities include:
Increased security with new L3SEC software optio... MoreSEL-2240 Axion(tm) Distributed Control and Integration Platform
The SEL Axion? is a fully integrated modular input/output (I/O) and control solution ideally suited for utility and industrial applications. It combines the communications, built-in security, and IEC 61131 logic engine of the SEL Real-Time Automation Controller (RTAC) family with a durable suite of I/O modules that provide high-speed, deterministic, control performance over an EtherCAT® netw... MoreToshiba's Italian Subsidiary Wins Contract for Smart Grid System
Toshiba Corporation’s subsidiary, Ansaldo Trasmissione & Distribuzione S.p.A (Ansaldo T&D), has won a contract to supply a key element of a smart grid system to Rome-based ACEA Distribuzione S.p.A (Gruppo ACEA), one of Italy’s leading public utilities. Installation of the equipment will start in December 2011 and it is expected to be commissioned and on line by the end of spring... More
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Cognitive Computing Beyond machines - new ways of thinking
So far, with some small exceptions of mostly academic work on the use of Artificial Intelligence in electric power systems protection and control, the IEDs in the substations and the software in the substation or system level computers have been doing exactly what the software developer tells them to do. Now this will probably change as a result of IBM's significant progress towards creatin... MorePelamis Wave Power renewable electricity from ocean waves
The Pelamis is an offshore wave energy converter, operating in water depths greater than 50m, usually found 2-10km from the coast. It absorbs the energy of ocean waves and converts it into electricity. The machine floats semi-submerged on the surface of the water and is made up of a number of cylindrical sections joined together by hinged joints. As waves pass down the length o... MorePrecision Time Ultra-Precise Quantum-Logic Clock
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock based on a single aluminum atom that is now the world's most precise clock, more than twice as precise as the previous pacesetter based on a mercury atom. The new aluminum clock would neither gain, nor lose, one second in about 3.7 billion years.
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