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Success Story
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At DPS, we really enjoy hearing our clients' success stories. Our featured story this month is on the City of Columbus
The City of Columbus uses the T/MonXM to help identify network problems in advance and administer quick resolution
We currently use our DPS T/MonXM to monitor our remote sites throughout the city of Columbus. From our fiber optic transmitters and receivers, to our room and cabinet door circuits, to our rack and room temperatures, the
DPS equipment does a good job of monitoring our remote sites.
Numerous times potential problems have been identified in advance or current problems resolved quickly, thanks to our remote monitoring. In the future, we hope to expand our monitoring capacity to include items such as the remote entry access and remote paging.
Steve Sargent
DoT, Interconnect
City Hall
Columbus, Ohio
We'd love to hear your comments and stories. Use our testimonial form to submit your story.
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In this issue...
Featured Product
The ATS: A network monitoring system so advanced, it's actually easy to use
Tech Support
Click here to see a list of upgrades available online
Reader Survey
What is your desired alarm transport?
Telecom Resources
Telecommunications Industry Association
Telecom Protocol Finder
DPS Telecom announces product
training classes in late February
DPS is starting another round of training classes for the T/Mon (IAM) and NetGuardian products. We'll have Johnny Maldonado, an installation technician with DPS for over 10 years, as your instructor.
Call 1-800-622-3314 for more information on exact dates and times for the classes. You might even consider extending your stay and making a trip to the snowy Sierra Nevadas... great local skiing less than 2 hours away!
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Featured Product
A network monitoring system so advanced, it's actually easy to use
Scalable Solution: The key to the abilities of the ATS is its advanced modular design. Each card has an integrated front panel and rear connectorization, so any ATS card can be placed in any ATS slot.
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For most network applications, adding capability means adding complexity. If you want a new feature or more capacity, it often means buying new equipment, juggling incompatible protocols, and struggling to get the old to work with the new.
At DPS Telecom, we think network monitoring should solve problems, not make new ones. So we've designed a comprehensive high-capacity network monitoring solution that meets both your present and future needs on a single platform.
The Advanced Telemetry System (ATS) is a scalable, flexible framework that integrates an entire network monitoring system in a single modular shelf. There's an ATS card for every network element you need to support: discrete inputs, analog inputs, and control relays. All cards on the ATS shelf are controlled by a single, easily configured processor card that reports alarms to multiple masters via SNMP or TL1.
With the ATS you have the powerful ability to place any card into any slot. Each card has an integrated front panel and rear connectorization. And because each slot is self-addressed, no DIP switch configuration of the card is needed. You can design an Advanced Telemetry System to meet your exact needs. And when your needs change, you can change your ATS just by adding a card.
Five types of cards are available for the Advanced Telemetry System:
- Advanced Telemetry Processor (ATP). Each Advanced Telemetry System has one ATP, which coordinates access to the other cards and reports alarms via SNMP or TL1 to multiple masters. The ATP also controls Telnet and TCP/IP communication, provides ports for remote and local connections, and features an LCD display for local monitoring.
- Advanced Telemetry Discrete (ATD). The Advanced Telemetry Discrete card is available in two versions, supporting either 96 or 192 discrete inputs.
- Advanced Telemetry Analog (ATA). The Advanced Telemetry Analog card is available with either 32 or 64 analog inputs. The ATA features 12-bit resolution scalable over multiple voltage ranges, and each input can be configured for voltage or current input.
- Advanced Telemetry Relay (ATR). The Advanced Telemetry Relay card is available with either 32 or 64 Form C control relays.
- Advanced Telemetry Blank (ATB). The Advanced Telemetry Blank card seals unused ATS card slots to prevent electromagnetic interference.
The ATS is available in either a 7RU 10-position shelf or an ultra-compact 3-position shelf. The ATS is both modular and stackable-if you ever need greater capacity, up to two more shelves can be added. And so the capacity of the ATS can be scaled from as few as 96 discrete inputs (with just one Advanced Telemetry Discrete card) to as many as 5,568 discrete inputs (three 10-position shelves completely populated with high-capacity ATDs).
Configuring your ATS is even simpler than building it. The Windows-based configuration utility included with the unit can be used locally or via LAN, and it's great for creating a centralized archive of system information for the entire network. ATS configuration information is stored in nonvolatile RAM, so even after a complete power loss the system will immediately return to normal operation when power is restored.
The ATS also supports a Web browser interface for multiple users to view alarm status and operate controls. Each user's access rights are defined in the system's security profile.
To ensure constant reliability, the ATS supports dual -48 VDC power feeds, and each card slot is individually fused.
Whether your network monitoring needs are moderate or demanding, the Advanced Telemetry System delivers high capacity, flexible options, and easy configuration in one cost-effective package.
Tech Support
Latest firmware and software upgrades
Visit our download page to get the latest software for your DPS equipment (requires membership).
Not a member yet? Sign-up today -- it's FREE!
Currently available...
NetGuardian
NetLoader V1.0F
ComLoader v1.1B
NetGuardian v2p8C
NGEdit v1.1G
T/Mon
T/Windows v1.0B
AlphaMax
T/AlphaW v2.3A
KDA
KDA-T8 v2p0J
KDA-TAP v2.0F
T/KDAW v3.3B
DAC
DAC-D v1p0H
DAC-P v1p0C
RAB
RAB 176S v1p0B
NetMediator
NetMediator TNT v1p0C
Telecom Resources
Telecommunications Industry
Association
URL: http://www.tiaonline.org
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is the leading U.S. non-profit trade association serving the communications and information technology industry, with proven strengths in market development, trade shows, domestic and international advocacy, standards development and enabling e-business. Through its worldwide activities, the association facilitates business development opportunities and a competitive market environment.
Telecom Protocol Finder
Author: Radcom Ltd.
Telecom Protocol Finder is an indispensable companion for all networking professionals contending with multi-protocol, multi-technology networks. This timesaving guide from Radcom Ltd. gives you a complete technical reference to over 300 telecommunications and data communications protocols in play today for voice, data, and the Web. Written in a concise, clear format, this essential tool contains all the WAN, LAN, and ATM protocols and technologies you could possibly meet in your daily and not so daily work. It's conveniently organized by platform, suite, layer and type, so you can count on finding the right answer as fast as possible on payload formats, capture displays, field length, header structures, and frame decodes - even if you're not entirely sure what you're looking for.
>> Learn more about this
book...
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