We participated in a Cellular Telemetry project to centralize operation data from industrial gas measurement stations located in various parts of the country onto a central server.
The client’s issues were:
Lack of real-time consumption information Manual collection and assembly of files Time and risk associated with on-site measurement personnel Delays in accessing customer plants
The solution for this project involved the development of specialized hardware and firmware for the telemetry equipment, as well as the creation of software installed on the central server for processing the information.
The developed equipment was our RTU RDM-FB, which communicates with the FloBoss™ installed at the measurement stations to perform calculations of flow variables and the consumption totalizer. The RDM-FB acquires the data and transmits the information using the cellular data network. The data is received on a central server where our WDM software is installed, which then provides validated information to the client’s Information System.
Thanks to the developed solution, the client gained numerous benefits:
Minute-by-minute data, allowing for detection of leaks in the network, as well as demand peaks and drops Information is updated every 15 minutes on their server Historical storage on the server and local backup in the RTU’s internal memory Real-time alarms via email and SMS Identification of consumption trends Detection of leaks in pipelines Generation of pre-invoices
This system has been operational since its commissioning and since then, more than 50 units have been installed in Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America.
