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Reserve Your Seat TodayHow to Monitor Your Lift Station Wet-Well Effectively
Let me walk you through the customized wet-well monitoring system that I put together for my client. In this case, the well was a critical component of operating a county fairground. The solution blends existing control gear with a new RTU.
John Ebury
March 28, 2022
How to Get the Right PDUs for Your Telecom Cabinets & Huts
Semi-custom work is routine at DPS, especially for medium or large projects involving Qty 11 or higher. Let's take a look at several active projects I'm working on related to Power Distribution Units, which will give you a good background on how to choose your own PDUs.
Andrew Erickson
March 14, 2022
How Good Remote Monitoring Improves Public & Staff Safety
I just got back from a fantastic installation trip in the mountainous west of the US. It made me think in more detail about the safety aspects of good remote monitoring equipment that I always try to design and deliver perfectly.
Andrew Erickson
March 2, 2022
Monitoring ILS and Other Critical Aviation Safety Equipment
DPS equipment is frequently used in life-and-death scenarios, but few are so immediate as in aviation. In instrument conditions (zero visibility), a malfunctioning ILS (Instrument Landing System) can quite literally send airplanes into mountains.
Andrew Erickson
February 14, 2022
Pandemic Drives the Need for Alarm Monitoring In the Healthcare Industry
DPS Telecom gear is frequently utilized by utility, telecom, and transportation companies. I recently worked to provide a solution for a less common industry from us: medical. This client was needing a solution to monitor their freezers and refrigerators.
John Ebury
February 13, 2022
Combining HVAC Management with General Remote Monitoring and Control Functions
I'm currently working on a project with a company that remotely monitors and manages HVAC systems for their customers. My role in this project will be to integrate general remote site management for other equipment to supplement HVAC management.
Andrew Erickson
February 6, 2022
Alternatives to Programming Logic Controllers
Every SCADA system (or other "remote monitoring and control system") necessary involves some number of remote input and output devices. RTUs represent a simpler approach that can be used to accomplish many monitoring goals.
Andrew Erickson
February 6, 2022
How to Monitor Your Remote Building Temperatures
Temperature sensing at remote buildings is important for many different industries. If you have telecommunication sites at a telco, power company, railroad, or county agency, you must monitor temperature. If you have a data center, a server room, or a...
Andrew Erickson
January 30, 2022
How to Monitor Doors at Your Remote Sites
Of all the things you have to monitor at your remote sites, perhaps none are as simple and important as basic security. This essentially boils down to door, motion, and other sensors that detect intrusion. Let's review several examples from my recent project proposals.
Andrew Erickson
January 25, 2022
9 Radio Monitoring System Examples for 2022
Your radio sites, by definition, are spread out across a wide area. They tend to be in remote places like mountaintops. That's why you need good monitoring. If something is going wrong, you must know about it immediately.
Andrew Erickson
January 17, 2022
