Adroit Technologies is a privately held South African-based software development company and has been developing award winning real-time software for the industrial automation markets for over 20 years. The principal activities of the company are product development, consulting and solutions development, primarily in the industrial sector.
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ADROIT PROVIDES SOLUTIONS FOR MUNICIPALITIES Adroit Technologies and SSE Cape Town provides a single view solution for municipalities on the West Coast The West Coast area comprises 5 municipalities and three District Management Areas (DMAs) which are administered by the West Coast District Municipality. The five municipalities falling under the West Coast District Municipality are: Swartland Municipality with Malmesbury as administrative centre; Bergrivier Municipality with Piketberg as administrative centre; Matzikama Municipality with Vredendal as administrative centre; Cederberg Municipality with Clanwilliam as administrative centre, and Saldanha Bay Municipality with Vredenburg as administrative centre. The West Coast District Municipality, Water division, embarked on a complete Water network upgrade in 2009. This included the upgrading of the existing communications network from Analogue to Digital Radio networks. The existing RTU’s were also upgraded to the modern and reliable SSE RTU’s.To increase the network speed and allow for communications to the different display clients on different subnets, a Wireless backbone was implemented, using high spec industrial wireless LAN links, ranging from 5km links to 65km link distances.The area covered by this project is immense and ranges from Saldanha in the east to Gouda in the West (100 km), and Dwarskerbos in the North to Malmesbury in the South (85km). This gives an approximate area of 8500 square kilometers of coverage. All these sites are monitored from one central point, situated at Withoogte, near Moorreesberg. By using Viznet, all changes are immediately rolled out to the remote clients. There is no need to do project restoration at every client PC. This allows for centralized backups and saves time and effort when doing changes. Changes can also be implemented from SSE’ s offices, without having to travel to the various sites, without any additional software. This allows the client to get direct online support and online changes, without the expense of travelling. One of the unique items is that the SNMP driver was implemented to monitor all peripheral equipment in the system, not directly used by the operators to control the water network. This equipment monitored via the SNMP and included the Wireless Link, UPS and Switch Statuses etc, all of the equipment that is critical to the operation of the network, and crucial in problem solving and reducing downtime. This in turn has a knock on effect in increasing the West Coast District Municipality’s service delivery to its clients. Solutions in Water and Wastewater Water management is becoming increasingly complex and demands an urgent review to ensure sustainable service delivery and contribution to economic growth to meet present and future needs Adroit is ideally suited to the Water and Waste Water Industries and is trusted by many utilities, mines and municipalities (local authorities) to safely run these valuable and strategic assets. The Adroit architecture and openness offers water and waste water customers a unique capability of not only traditional SCADA/HMI functionality but the ability to integrate all aspects of their operations. Whether the application is purification, distribution or waste water treatment Adroit is the ideal platform for this industry. For all your telemetry solutions, contact SSE on +27 (21) 552 0420 or visit their website on http://www.sse.co.za/ |