Data Acquisition, Monitoring and Control Services

Data from a variety of industrial, commercial and environmental sensors can be incorporated into remote terminals to provide monitoring, data collection and control.

Collecting data from these remote devices can occur routinely, based on a user-defined polling schedule or the process can occur sporadically, based on events sensed by the device. Communications with remote devices can occur in real-time, near real-time or in a store and forward mode.

Data can be collected from units that are locally, regionally or globally dispersed. Some key industries that can benefit from this application include:

Utility Automation Solutions

Through the World Partners Network, Final Analysis plans to offer utility automated solutions for energy efficiency as well as security of the energy infrastructure and supplies across the energy exploration and distribution chain.

These solutions are achieved by providing a communications capability packaged onto transmission grid equipment, substations, transformers and switches. This enhanced capability provides automatic meter reading, remote service connect/disconnect, tamper alerts, and a variety of other critical information.

On the consumer side of the energy value chain, power companies are more efficiently equipped with customer utility usage data and an improved ability to forecast energy consumption levels, thereby decreasing operating costs and significantly improving customer satisfaction.

Environmental Monitoring and Hazard Alert Solutions

There is a growing trend toward hazard alert networks that provide notifications about impending natural or other disasters. This trend is driving the need for robust communications systems like the FAISAT network with multipoint broadcast capabilities over large geographic areas.
Other applications include:

seismic monitoring (earthquake and nuclear plant monitoring)
volcano monitoring
river, lake water quality, level and pollution monitoring
chemical/biological agent detection
disaster preparedness
remote meteorological data collection

Oil/Gas Industry Remote Monitoring and Control Solutions

A tremendous need exists for a more systemic approach to efficiency across the oil and gas value chain. With deregulation and competition, there is also a need to improve efficiency throughout operations and be responsive to customer service concerns regardless of location of these systems.

These factors drive the need for secure remote communications. Remote assets are often out of range of terrestrial communication systems, thus they can benefit from remote data collection services.

Industrial and Government Equipment Security

A variety of industries and government agencies own and operate high-value equipment in field operations. The security and efficiency of this equipment can affect the cost and continuation of operations. FAISAT user terminals are planned to be programmed to detect movement or tampering, and to locate equipment in case of loss or theft. Benefits of this service may include:

reduced equipment replacement costs due to theft and vandalism
reduced insurance premium costs
increased productivity and utilization of the equipment