1. Remote Monitoring and Control System
for the Mobile Telecom Base Stations

2. The Tasks
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

3. Task 1
Evaluation of Energy Consumption at the Base Station Installation
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

4. Task 1 Measures the total energy consumed
and its distribution to the Devices
installed at the Base Station.
It is necessary for making the best decision
to reduce the energy and fuel demand.
It is highly recommended
before every attempt for energy optimization
of the Mobile Telecom Base Station.
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

5. Task 2 Environmental and Security Monitoring
for all the rooms of the Base Station
Temperature
Relative Humidity
Human Presence
Smoke Detection
Intrusion Detection
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

6. Task 3
Monitoring and Control of every Device installed at the Base Station in two different ways:
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

7. Task 3
Through serial port connections (RS-485, RS-232, Modbus), using our specific software drivers for the various device types.
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

8. For existing old-fashioned Base Station Devices, not supporting serial communication the monitoring is performed by external hardware measurement of the currents and the voltages at the input and output connections and by sensing any special signaling outputs (dry contacts etc). the control is performed through relay contacts to the appropriate input, output and control connections.
Task 3
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

9. Task 3
Monitoring and Control of all the installation rooms and equipment, through a single connection, to a single controller
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

10. Task 4
Built-in support for Hybrid Power System Management and Monitoring
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

11. Description and Features
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

12. Description and features
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

13. Inherent expandability and adaptability Description and features
The modular architecture
of our Monitoring & Control System
guaranties the support of the installation after:
Future expansions of the
Mobile Telephony Base Stations
Swaps of the installed equipment
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

14. Description and features
The system consists of an integral set of hardware and software:
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

15. Description and features
The hardware part of the system is Modular and consists of various types of interconnected units, depending on the installation structure and the desired operation.
Description and features
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

16. Description and features
The interconnection of the various units
is simple and reliable,
by a single cable in
a daisy chain (or even star) layout,
implementing the ‘Z-Bus’,
(consisting of a
special RS-485 optically isolated bus
and a galvanically isolated power bus).
Description and features
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

17. of the interconnection and the galvanic isolation
Due to the simplicity
of the interconnection
and the galvanic isolation
the units of the system
can be ‘physically decentralized’
and be mounted to proper rooms and positions
of the installation,
near-by
the monitored Base Station devices and sensors,
in order to minimize local wiring.
Description and features
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

18. Description and features
There is always a Central Unit and several Peripheral Units. The type and the number of the Peripheral Units is selected so as to perform the desired operations.
Description and features
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

19. The building block units of the system are:
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

20. The Central Unit
(p/n )
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

21. The Central Unit It is responsible for: the networking of the system
the supervision and the fine-tuning
of the operation of the peripheral units
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

22. The Central Unit It also controls:
the power supply to the peripheral units
the interconnection
of the optically isolated RS-485 bus.
The Central Unit
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

23. The Central Unit It is fitted with: an Ethernet port
for wired TCP/IP networking
two independent GSM/GPRS modems
for TCP/IP networking and for SMS communication
a USB and an RS232
for local service connections
The Central Unit
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

24. The Central Unit It can connect simultaneously to:
up-to 2 remote servers
through the GPRS modems and
with 2 more servers
through the wired Ethernet port.
The Central Unit
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

25. The Central Unit It provides to the server side user,
direct or indirect access
of every single piece of equipment
installed at the Base Station
(Power Rectifiers, Air Conditioners, Free-Cooling Devices,
Diesel GenSets, Telecom Devices, etc)
The Central Unit
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

26. Peripheral Adapter and Local Control Unit
(p/n )
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

27. It is the intermediate link between: the Central Unit and to
up-to 2 Base Station Installed Devices.
It also supports
up-to 2 sets of Environmental Detectors.
Each set includes detectors for:
temperature
relative humidity
smoke
door intrusion
human motion (PIR)
Peripheral Adapter and Local Control Unit
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

28. Linking to the Base Station Installed Devices*
is through serial ports implementing both
RS-232 and RS-485 communication protocols.
* For devices not supporting serial communication, there is provision for:
measurement of AC-current at four supply lines
(by means of, external current sensors)
the detection of two signal dry contacts
the stimulation of two control inputs by the two relay output contacts of the unit.
Peripheral Adapter and Local Control Unit
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

29. Energy Measuring Unit (p/n 840303)
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

30. It is a totally insulated, small sized device attached directly to the ac supply conductors, thus minimizing installation labor. It measures on a 3-phase system, true-rms ac voltage and current, active, apparent and reactive power per phase and accumulates energy (KWh), in two independent counters (optionally resettable).
Energy Measuring Unit
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

31. DC Measuring Unit (p/n 840304)
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

32. It is a compact unit with two bi-directional DC current ports and three DC voltage ports. It is intended for measurements at the common node of Rectifier, Load and back-up Batteries, at the DC-bus of the base station.
DC Measuring Unit
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

33. Hybrid Power Manager Unit
(p/n )
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

34. a hybrid power generating system consisting of:
This unit controls
a hybrid power generating system
consisting of:
PV Array
PV Battery Charge Controller with MPPT
Storage Battery
Diesel Gen-Set
Hybrid Power Manager Unit
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

35. Hybrid Power Manager Unit
It will engage when necessary, the existing back-up Gen-Set. It also supports the operation of the Cell-Level Battery Monitoring and Active Equalization System.
Hybrid Power Manager Unit
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

36. The server-side software of the system
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

37. The server-side software
The real time in-depth status for all the equipment on any of the monitored installations, is accessible by the users of the server, at any time and in user selectable abstraction levels, as well as for any previous time (history).
The server-side software
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

38. The server-side software
Values of measured items
(or of configurable groups of measured items)
for user determined time intervals,
can be presented in the form of
charts or table reports.
The server-side software
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

39. The server-side software
The installation selection lists
are configurable ‘on the fly’,
according to:
3-level geographic criteria
user definable categorization
The server-side software
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

40. The server-side software
Statistical processing results
of measured items, over integral time periods
(i.e. day, week, month, year)
may be automatically stored as ‘secondary data’
for higher-level reports and evaluations.
The server-side software
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

41. The server-side software
A versatile Photograph Management Utility is available for the maintenance of an installation related photographic record.
The server-side software
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

42. The server-side software
All the settings and calibrations of the hardware system units and of the monitored equipment, are readily accessible and configurable from the server desktop. A copy of all these, for any device of any installation, is stored in the server’s database, for ‘on the fly’ refreshing.
The server-side software
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

43. The server-side software
Remote control commands, for any one of the on-site devices, can be easily issued from the server desktop.
The server-side software
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

44. Alarms
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

45. Alarms The on-site units may be programmed
to generate alarm conditions,
according to measured values
in order to:
apply on site controls
handle undesired conditions.
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

46. Alarms
These alarm conditions are reported to the server and they are available as reported alarms. Additionally, the server side software may detect alarm condition, while processing reported data.
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

47. Alarms
All the alarms are handled by a versatile alarm ticketing and processing system. It creates ‘Tickets’ which are presented in the form of handy, user filterable lists.
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

48. Alarms Automatic action features can be enabled for the
propagation of the tickets:
to the appropriate departments or
to persons with specific roles or responsibilities.
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

49. Alarms The Tickets: remain active until alarm condition is resolved.
can optionally be filled with resolution related comments.
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

50. Alarms History reports may be created for any past period
with alarms filtered
according to the user’s requirements
for statistical purposes.
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

51. Users
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

52. Users A user administration system
based on roles, with graduated right levels
and with a fail-safe login process allows
the safe access of the users to the server.
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations

53. Users The users according to the level of their rights,
have complete access to all the features
of the server’s desktop:
real-time & history data
report creation
settings management
photograph record accessing
maintenance and alarm management
Users
Remote Monitoring & Control System for the Mobile Telephony Base Stations