RAMAR Announces a New 900 Series TransPondIT for Schlumberger Electricity, Inc. CENTRON Meter
Research Triangle Park, N.C. - Research Triangle Park, NC – RAMAR, one the fastest growing Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) companies in the United States, announces a new electric 900 Series TransPondIT® for the Schlumberger Electricity, Inc. ("SEI") CENTRON® meter. The TransPondIT is a flexible and low-cost one-way radio-based meter interface unit (MIU) for the North American Utility Market. The TransPondIT is installed within the CENTRON meter as a personality module.
The new TransPondIT allows utilities to receive data from the solid-state CENTRON single-phase residential meters remotely. Some of the features include rapid access to usage data, tamper detection, and outage counting. The TransPondIT collects the meter data and transmits it via radio frequency (RF) to either a mobile or fixed data collection device.
"We are pleased to announce the integration of the RAMAR TransPondIT with the CENTRON meter", states Michael Ueland, AT RAMAR LLC, Chief Operating Officer. "This offers utilities a cost-effective solid-state solution and shows our continued support in developing and providing economical solutions for our customers."
"The release of the TransPondIT module continues to show the flexibility of the CENTRON platform and the commitment of SEI to the AMR communications industry. SEI has shipped over 8M CENTRON's of which 6M have been outfitted with an AMR communications module" states Bob Burks, Vice President, Marketing, Schlumberger Electricity, Inc.
The new TransPondIT maintains the same open system architecture and compatibility to existing meter reading equipment that has made the RAMAR solution so popular. RAMAR's ability to interface into existing system components means that the cost and disruption of implementing an AMR system is minimized. RAMAR is continuously evaluating new technologies in order to improve the AMR system, products and performance.
The new TransPondIT for the CENTRON meter is expected to be released in the first half of 2004.
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Located in the Upstate of South Carolina at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Schlumberger Electricity, Inc., a company within Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB), is a technology provider of intelligent meters (CENTRON®, SENTINEL®, QUANTUM® Q1000) and user-friendly software (PC-PRO ®, EnergyAudit™, RouteMAPS®). In response to changing customer needs, SEI now offers fully integrated communications capabilities for its meters, including AMR functions. In addition to meters, SEI provides meter interfaces to support the AMR strategy. From our first electric meter shipment in March 1899, as the Sangamo Electric Company, we have evolved with our customers. We provide a Solid-State of Mind by being Present Perfect: Future Ready for all your metering needs. For more information online, visit www.goslb.com.
RAMAR is one of the world's leading designers and suppliers of radio-based AMR systems for water, gas and electric utilities. Since 1995, RAMAR has been providing mobile and fixed RF based AMR systems for water, gas, and electric utilities worldwide. Through continuous development, RAMAR has developed a low-cost core RF technology especially designed for AMR applications. The 900 Series automatic meter reading product line provides distinctive cost and functional advantages over other AMR systems. RAMAR system is based on an "open systems" philosophy. RAMAR's products are designed to use standard interfaces and protocols to integrate into popular software and hardware platforms.
RAMAR, the AT RAMAR LLC logo, TransPondIT are trademarks or registered trademarks of Advanced Technology RAMAR Limited in the United States and/or other countries. AT RAMAR LLC is an Agent for Advanced Technology RAMAR Limited.