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Ambient Corporation Reinvents How Utilities View and Control Data
Last update: 6/14/2012 8:30:00 AM
New enhancements to network management software provide better grid visibility and efficient operations
NEWTON, Mass., June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Ambient Corporation (AMBT), a leading provider of secure, flexible and scalable smart grid communications and applications, announced the release of the latest version of its network management system, AmbientNMS®, a purpose-built suite of integrated software applications for real time fault, performance analysis, and reporting of characteristics of the medium and low voltage grid infrastructure.
This latest version of AmbientNMS features new tools for interpreting, arranging and sharing data, allowing the utility to create preselected users or groups, with the ability to create an experience custom-tailored to that individual's role, tasks and priorities:
Auto-discover devices without user input / intervention
Enhanced customizable lists and maps may be viewed at various levels such as state, city and street level down to a single device's information
Maps may be organized geographically or with electrical substation and circuit topology imposed on them
Retrieve and present real time data such as energy use
Create reoccurring reports from regularly collected data
Control and share desired data-based metrics and users
Configurable events and alarms based on user-defined thresholds to discern the urgent and important information amid the vast quantity of available data
Enriched charting and export functions for subsequent further analysis
Forward events such as outage notifications to (user-defined) third-party applications
John J. Joyce, President and CEO of Ambient Corporation, commented, "A smart grid network management system is critical to the successful implementation of smart grid initiatives. The AmbientNMS is designed to support multiple levels of scaling, and this latest release is a testament to our commitment to continually enhance our products with additional features and functionality. AmbientNMS is presently managing over 100,000 nodes."
The primary function of the AmbientNMS is to provide an extensible system for managing the communications network between grid devices and the existing back-office systems. The NMS can monitor and manage tasks, run discovery and status checks, query devices, and store and relay information and instructions between the NMS and the Ambient Smart Grid® Nodes. It distributes software upgrades to the nodes and manages other downstream devices conforming to existing standards.
In addition, the Ambient Smart Grid Platform facilitates multiple applications in parallel, including, but not limited to, multi-service smart metering, outage detection and restoration management, power quality monitoring, and distribution automation (for legacy and new) infrastructure assets. The AmbientNMS automates the collection and reporting of data from hosted applications; both Ambient's own and third parties' and can be integrated into other utility operational systems.
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