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Control of a
Building, Even When You are Not There |
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Our Client:
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Canal Sur (RTVA)
Canal Sur is the major regional TV channel in Spain’s Andalucia
province.
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Objective: |
Remote Building Automation
The company wanted quick and easy control of building services
like air conditioning, energy supplies, alarms etc., both in their
new building and also at their other existing offices. Remote
operation of the system was essential, as was interconnectivity
with external networks including the public Andalucian Government
network. Easy future expansion to other sites, and wider real-time
remote monitoring capabilities, all with full system control
possible from any of the locations also had to be assured.
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Requirement:
The TV channel wanted an efficient and
easy real-time building monitoring and control system for all its
offices. The system should initially be run remotely from a main
central in Seville where all supervision and telemaintenance would be
managed. Monitoring of variable data and full control from any
location in the network. Monitoring even from PDA’s is planned for the
near future. The system should be capable of monitoring and automating
the operation of all normal building services including air
conditioning, heating, ventilation, power and other utility supplies
as well as access and alarms. Additionally the system should
effortlessly interact with the external net, particularly the
Andalucian government public network.
Omron Solutions:
The development of reliable
Interconnectivity between the main centre intranet and the public
networks via gateways written to make communications fully transparent
was fundamental to meeting the customer’s requirements. This
undertaking proved very successful, and was based on CS1 & CJ1 PLC’s
connected by serial port to an Ethernet net using Modbus and other
specially developed protocols.
Which products
were used:
• Control Systems
• CS1 and
CJ1. With
Ethernet
communication
• NT and
NS Man Machine
Interfaces
• Westermo Interfaces
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Canal Sur chose Omron
because:
With evident successful experience in
building automation, and expertise in the equally vital area of
interconnectivity protocols an development for transparent
communications, Omron could prove it’s ability to supply an ideal
solution with minimal effort. Canal Sur are now discussing with Omron
the next steps in developing the system including monitoring via PDAs.
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