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PC-Based Water & Wastewater Telemetry Solves Early-Obsolescence Challenge<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Jim Mimlitz, NRI<\/p><\/div>\n

Since 1995, Navionics Research Inc. has based its Telemetry & Control RTU system upon an industrial-hardened PC architecture, which is\u00a0arguably the most stable hardware standard in electronics history. \u00a0With many competing source manufacturers, availability is anticipated for many years. \u00a0The design philosophy is based upon the idea that while others’ proprietary hardware implementations generally have short life cycles, our industrial PC-based software can be re-compiled and duplicated virtually without limits on successive generations of PC-based hardware.<\/p>\n

In short, our system is software-based, <\/em>rather than hardware-based\u00a0<\/i>— which leads to a long supported life.\u00a0\u00a0A recent example of this longevity is the first Telemetry and Control System that we commissioned — in the Winter of 1996. \u00a0Serving rural water customers outside Centralia (IL), the system has reliably monitored and controlled the Water Tower and Pumping Stations for over two decades!<\/p>\n

RTU Control Panel Refurbishment\u00a0Extends System Life<\/strong><\/h3>\n

When a system provides such longevity, it is important to take full advantage by occasionally overhauling the control panels on an as-needed basis. \u00a0For example, in an effort to keep the equipment up-to-date and running smoothly for many years to come, the aforementioned Water District recently commissioned a refurbishment\u00a0of the control panel at its main Water Tower. \u00a0After 20+ years of faithful operation, weather and maintenance over that time had taken its toll on the equipment.<\/p>\n

To conserve costs, most functional equipment was re-used, including:<\/p>\n