Titus Crabb Tue May 15

SCADA System Telemetry Network Transformation

Like any SCADA system component, radio telemetry networks age and eventually need an upgrade. The Town of Queen Creek in the Phoenix, Arizona metro area was faced with this eventuality when their rapid growth exceeded the capability of their existing 900MHz radio telemetry network. They needed new radio infrastructure that could provide reliable, high-speed connections to their existing sites, provide expansion capacity, and allow integration of video at remote sites.

The resulting system was more than just a network upgrade, it was a transformation. Vertech completed a radio path study and designed a new network architecture using Proxim Tsunami backhaul radios and Siemens WiMax site radios. The resulting network delivered blazing fast network speeds and dramatically improved system performance. SCADA response times went from 15+ minutes to near instantaneous with 10MBps connections at each site.

A properly designed and implemented radio network can deliver secure, fast network connections to remote assets in any industry including water districts, oil & gas fields, pipelines, and more. New radio technology is delivering hard-wired speed and reliability. If you are pushing the limits of your old technology network, you can more than upgrade your network, you can transform it.

Read the full case study.

 

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Titus Crabb

As President of Vertech, Titus is responsible for building and maintaining corporate culture, high-level direction and financial stability, overseeing operations. He earned a BSEE from LeTourneau University in 1993, and he is a registered professional engineer in Arizona. He holds an C-11 contractor’s license in Arizona as well. He has worked in the automation industry his entire career starting as a controls engineer developing projects in a variety of industries including semiconductor, municipal water treatment, food and beverage, durable goods manufacturing, and baggage handling. Outside of the office Titus is an avid scuba diver, traveler, and outdoorsman. He channels his inner geek as a licensed ham radio operator with the call sign AF7MI and as a lover of science fiction.

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