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Spectrum Communications
6 Drill Avenue, Montague Gardens, Cape Town
Core business offering: Turnkey contracting in the industrial automation, scada and telemetry market.
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Section - Computers & Software
-Computers
- desktop
- laptop
- servers
- workstations
-Input devices
- Keyboards
-Peripherals
- CRT/LCD terminals
- Monitors/display systems
- Printers
-Communication medium
- Radio
-Communication standard
- Ethernet/IP
- Modbus
- Other
- RS232/485/422
-Distributed I/O systems
- PLC-centric
-I/O blocks/modules
-Mounting methods
- DIN rail
- Panel/rack mount modules
-Operating features
- Intrinsically safe
-Signal modules
- Analog
- Digital
-Applications
- Data acquisition, analysis
- Direct control
- Drivers
- DSP (digital signal processing) software
- Dynamic link to libraries (DLL)
-Datasharing
- DDE
- OPC clients
-Operating systems
- Windows 2000
- Windows 95/98
- Windows NT
- Windows XP
Section - Data Acquisition & Remote Control
-Alarms
-Number of I/O points
- 0-1024
- 0-32
- 0-512
-Number of PLC or I/O drivers
- 0-16
-Operating system
- Windows 2000
- Windows 95/98
- Windows NT
-Redundancy
-Reports
-Standalone version available
-Cable telemetry
- copper wire
- Ethernet LAN
- fibre-optic
-Radio telemetry
-Remote sensing & control
- cable link
- cellular
- infrared (IR)
- radio link
Section - Miscellaneous Hardware
-Batteries
- Secondary (rechargeable)
-Battery chargers
-DC-DC converters
-Instrument power supplies
-Load management
-Solar energy converters
-Audible alarms
- Bells
- Horns, sirens
-Key-lock switches
-Smoke/fire detection
Section - Process Control & Manufacturing Technologies
-Communications
- Proprietary
- RS232
- RS422/RS485
-Inputs
- 0/4-20mA
- mV/V
-Outputs
- 0/4-20 mA
- Pulse
- Relay contact
-Panel size (mm)
- 150x150
- 24x48
- 48x48
- 48x96
- 72x72
- 96x96
-Flowmeters (type)
- Differential pressure (DP)
- Magnetic/electromagnetic
-Monitors/indicators
-Switches
-Totalisers and correlators
-Float-operated
-Microwave, guided & radar
-Pressure/hydrostatic
-Ultrasonic
-Analog I/O
- 1-16
- 17-64
- 65-256
- 257-512
- more than 512
-Digital I/O
- 1-16
- 17-64
- 65-256
- 257-512
- more than 512
-Display
-Networking organisation
- Host-to-PLC link
- PLC-to-PLC
- Remote I/O
-Networking
- PLC-to-PLC
- Proprietary data bus
- Remote I/O
- RS232, RS422, RS485
-Differential pressure transducers
Section - Services & Systems
-Contractors
- Electrical
- Process control
- System wiring/installation
-Programmers
- Other
- PLC
- scada
-Project Management
-System integration/consulting
- Process control
- Scada/DCS/PLC
- Telemetry
-Environmental control & monitoring
-Materials handling
-Mining & metals
-Petrochemical
-Power generation & distribution
-Transportation
-Water & waste water
News from Spectrum Communications: |
Quality, made in China
February 2009, Security Services & Risk Management, Spectrum Communications
Qingzhou Chen gave Hi-Tech Security Solutions an exclusive interview in which he discussed the history of the company, why it achieved so much in such a short time and what to expect this year |
Scada on the high seas
June 2005, SCADA/HMI, Adroit Technologies, Spectrum Communications
Tele-FLEX is an advanced telemetry system from Spectrum Communications, designed to provide flexible communication solutions for a variety of applications |
Substation monitoring made easy
May 2003, System Integration & Control Systems Design, Spectrum Communications
Spectrum Communications recently completed a turnkey monitoring project for one of the large electricity users in the Western Cape comprising of nine substations (11 KV) and scada central station. The ... |
Scada and telemetry celebrate over 12 years in partnership
December 2002, Data Acquisition & Telemetry, Adroit Technologies, Spectrum Communications
Proudly South African, both Adroit Technologies and Spectrum Communications produce products that are wholly South African |
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