introduction to PULSE DMR

Simoco Pulse DMR Products Product Proposition Simoco Pulse RTU products provide a method of radio telemetry for many applications on a trunked digital network. The Simoco Pulse RTUs use a private, secure, robust and reliable DMR standard backbone. If desired the network can simultaneously support both voice and data.

Terminology Telemetry – also often referred to as; SCADA – Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition Control and information gathering for remote equipment, typically used in electrical production and or distribution, water treatment and supply, oil and gas pipelines and wind farms. RTU– Remote Terminal (Telemetry) Unit Device that interfaces physical equipment (e.g. generator, switch, motor) to the SCADA system.

Terminology Data Modem – Connects RTU to radio system DMR – Digital Mobile Radio PMR – Private Mobile Radio UHF – Ultra High Frequency

Simoco Pulse Overview Simoco Pulse products enable organisations to deploy SCADA telemetry over a reliable and cost effective narrowband (12.5kHz) channel using the latest digital technology (DMR). Simoco Pulse overcomes all the issues associated with deploying telemetry applications over unlicensed UHF and cellular data bearers.

Simoco Pulse DMR RTU and Data Modem SCADA Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition DMR Data Modem: DNP3 IEC 60870-5-101 / 104 Modbus Remote Terminal Unit (RTU): 16 Digital Inputs 8 Digital Outputs 4 Analogue Inputs

Simoco Pulse DMR RTU and Data Modem Example Applications: Utilities (i.e. Distribution) Agricultural (i.e. Irrigation) Large Mobile Platforms (i.e. Shipping) Large Customer Maintenance / Logistics Local Government facilities Oil & Gas: Wells, Pipelines Road infrastructure Wide Area Data Collection (i.e. Weather)

Typical application for RTUs: Status & Control status/alarms control analogue inputs

Simoco Pulse DMR RTU DMR Tier III trunking Interfaces directly with remote equipment DIN rail mounted (35mm) Standard SCADA protocols DNP3, IEC-60870-5-101, Modbus Variant Digital Analogue Serial Inputs Outputs RTU-1 16 8 4 -  RTU-2 RTU-3 RTU-4 2 RTU-5

Simoco Pulse DMR RTU Can be deployed anywhere within the DMR system coverage footprint. Inputs (digital and analogue) generate unsolicited telemetry protocol messages sent on DMR control channel to control system. Outputs (digital and analogue) can be driven by sending telemetry protocol messages on DMR control channel from control system. RSSI LEDs on front panel for rapid site installation and commissioning.

Simoco Pulse DMR modem DMR Tier III trunking Interfaces to 3rd party RTUs to enable standard protocols to be transported over DMR networks serial port DIN rail mounted (35mm) Standard SCADA protocols DNP3, IEC-60870-5-101, Modbus

Can be deployed anywhere within the DMR system coverage footprint. Simoco Pulse DMR Modem Can be deployed anywhere within the DMR system coverage footprint. Standard telemetry protocols (DNP3, IEC60870-5-101, Modbus) allow serial connection to existing or equipment integrated RTUs RSSI LEDs on front panel for rapid site installation and commissioning.

Simoco Xd & Pulse DMR Telemetry Solution DMR RTU interfaces directly with end devices e.g. switches & control modules. DMR Data Modem interfaces 3rd party RTUs over the DMR network

Simoco Xd & Pulse DMR System Components DMR Tier III distributed multi-site system 3rd party RTU IP Ethernet serial (DNP3, IEC 60870 etc) standard telemetry protocol transmitted over DMR RTU Gateway 3rd party Equipment serial (DNP3, IEC 60870 etc) 3rd party control system digital inputs and outputs, analogue inputs and outputs

Simoco Xd & Pulse Air Presents a Traffic Light Demonstration RTU Demonstration Simoco Xd & Pulse Air Presents a Traffic Light Demonstration

Simoco Pulse DMR Data modem Traffic Light Demonstration system Standard telemetry protocol transmitted over DMR DMR Xd I/P Base Station IP “Master RTU” demo PC Serial Serial “Slave RTU” demo PC Apps PC: SDMT,FPP, Alarm Logger

Simoco Pulse DMR Traffic Light demonstration Screen Shots Control Room Remote RTU

Simoco Xd DMR Tier III Overview Fully distributed radio network designed to DMR ETSI Tier III air-interface standards Provides wireless coverage over the operational area Data modem & Gateway end points compliant to DNP3 protocol Automated call routing through the network

Simoco Xd DMR Tier III Control and Registration Each site continuously transmits a control channel Data modems power on and find the strongest signal to ‘register’ Stay on channel unless problem with site, then move to another channel for resilience, or can be fixed to a site. Control channel ensures data modems are always time synchronised with base-station Secondary Control Channel 2 slot TDMA provides second ‘timeslot’ so can double site capacity Same hardware provides both slots (e.g. one voice, one data)

Simoco Pulse DMR Solution Summary Simoco Xd Telemetry Solutions enable standard SCADA telemetry to be deployed over DMR Tier III trunking. Two product variants enable fully integrated DMR RTUs to be deployed or interface to existing 3rd party RTUs. Reliability and low operational costs resulting from licensed PMR.

Simoco Pulse DMR Advantages Addresses issues of some competitive RTU products DMR reliable distributed architecture on licensed frequencies Scalable for thousands of devices on DMR Tier III trunked system Low operating costs due to reliability and CAPEX investment Coverage for the operational region by design RTUs seamlessly share the DMR system with other voice and data users. Industry standard interface protocols DNP3, IEC 60870-5-101, Modbus. Two products enable existing RTUs to be interfaced via DMR network and new integrated DMR RTUs to be cost efficiently deployed.

Simoco Pulse DMR Competition Current Competitive Wireless Telemetry Solutions Unlicensed UHF Cellular DMR Tait GridLink First considering the issues with 1 & 2…

Reliability Scalability Unlicensed UHF Issues Unlicensed frequencies suffer interference, particularly with temporary deployments e.g. temporary traffic lights on same frequencies. Public cellular suffers variable service levels as no control over other users. Scalability Unlicensed is limited due to data call collisions and variable use of the same frequencies by other users. No control over infrastructure throughput ability on public cellular.

Unlicensed UHF Issues Operating Costs Deployment of unlicensed RTUs often involves additional installation costs of multiple basestation repeaters. Reliability issues caused by unlicensed spectrum represents high maintenance costs. Public cellular is typically mainly OPEX. Coverage Dedicated infrastructure build out costs for unlicensed. Impossible to achieve coverage in areas with high use of unlicensed spectrum by other users. Compromised for public cellular especially with target environment typically being remote.

Unlicensed UHF Issues Pricing There is no direct price comparison as there are many different products. Pricing can be misleading as unlicensed UHF solutions don’t have a system coverage footprint. Deploying a single RTU can therefore involve installing several “hops” to reach the control system or fixed line infrastructure. Competitor Comparison Simoco are not directly competing against these unlicensed UHF products but more against the total unlicensed UHF solution.

Cellular Issues Suppliers The list of cellular supplier is country dependent e.g. in the UK is Vodafone, EE etc, in the US is AT&T, Verizon etc. Pricing Pricing will vary considerably between geographies and depend upon the cellular pricing model split of equipment cost vs data charges. In all cases, deployment cost is significantly lower than Simoco Pulse due to infrastructure build-out costs but over a long-term Simoco Pulse is lower due to ongoing data costs of cellular.

Simoco Pulse DMR Competitors Suppliers The only DMR supplier we are aware of with a telemetry solution are Tait. Tait have promoted their utility solutions heavily with MPT1327 and continue to do so with DMR through their GridLink product.

Tait have a similar to Simoco Pulse in their GridLink solution. Tait GridLink Tait have a similar to Simoco Pulse in their GridLink solution. They offer a single product (TD9300) – see data sheet below Re-packaged mobile which works as RTU or data modem Only 8 digital I/O & no analogue Big mobile footprint No RSSI indication

Simoco Competitive Edge over Tait GridLink Simoco Pulse 8 digital inputs total. 5 product variants with different I/O configurations. 32 digital & 4 analogue. Based on a 25W mobile so higher power but big footprint and consumes more current. Based on 5W portable so small footprint and low power requirement. System designed for 25W mobiles will perform well with 5W devices that are static. 5 status LEDs for basic indications. Pulse has all the Tait indications plus RSSI LEDs which WPD stated as a critical requirement to achieve fast deployment. Gateway is in the Tait switch. Pulse has 3 gateway options so is cheaper for small/single site configurations and for larger systems has all the advantages of distributed architecture – see SimocoXd sales presenter.

DMR Competitors Pricing No pricing is available for GridLink. We have obtained a recent Tait price book but the TD9300 doesn’t feature. It is likely that Tait are primarily selling GridLink directly rather than through their distribution channels. Competitor Comparison Simoco will be directly competing against Tait as we have similar solutions. Simoco Pulse has a number of competitive advantages over GridLink detailed above.