FreeWave Technologies, manufacturer of spread spectrum
and licensed radios for critical data transmission, announced new installations
with its longtime customer, Williams Field Services, to replace and upgrade
some older data radios in the field, as well as deploy solutions for cathodic
protection and pipe-to-soil test site monitoring applications.
For more than a decade, FreeWave has
provided Williams with the lowest power consumption wireless data radio
solutions for integrated well head automation with Supervisory Control and Data
Acquisition (SCADA), I/O and backhaul, plunger lift, gas flow measurement,
temperature, pressure and tank level monitoring, cathodic protection and more.
“FreeWave clearly has validated its dependability
over the years and continues to take a methodical approach with our data
communications network,” said Ron Visconti, gas SCADA communications
manager for Williams Field Services.
“We continue to depend on FreeWave because of its
commitment to providing highly reliable wireless data radios, excellent
diagnostic tools and top-notch customer support,” Visconti added.
Williams initially selected FreeWave back in 1999 to
supply spread spectrum wireless data transceivers for Williams’ WinGate(TM)
series of products. Ever since, the relationship has grown significantly to the
extent that Williams now uses a suite of FreeWave products, such as its DGR,
FGR, FGR2 serial and I/O radios, FGR-CP, HTP 900RE and FGR2-PE radios.
“The most recent installations demonstrate the
mutual trust and growth we’ve sustained with Williams over the years,”
said Ashish Sharma chief marketing officer of FreeWave Technologies.
“We are very proud of the relationship we have with
Williams and are committed to helping one of the largest natural gas producers
in the U.S. enhance its productivity and improve its total cost of ownership,”
Sharma added.
The latest installations for Williams’ gas measurement
applications reflect this mutual growth and trust with FreeWave. Williams Field
Service is currently migrating from the DGR radios to the FGR and FGR2 series
for serial communications (RS-232 and RS-485).
In addition, Williams is working toward switching out
existing radios from other communications providers, as well as replacing older
data control systems with FreeWave’s FGR2-PE solution. FreeWave’s new FGR2-PE-U
data radio is a logical replacement because it has a built-in terminal server,
web browser and two RJ45 Ethernet ports and two RJ45 serial ports.
Furthermore, Williams is deploying FreeWave’s FGR-CP
radios to monitor its cathodic protection system (including the rectifiers) and
safeguard its natural gas pipelines and pipe-to-soil test stations. Now,
Williams can connect the CP radios to its existing DGR and FGR network and view
this on its SCADA host.
Williams is also using FreeWave’s FGR2-IO data radios to
control valve position and monitor other sites where the company needs to read
discrete or analog values associated with flow rates, tank level, and pressure
or temperature devices.
All FreeWave radios serial, Ethernet and IO integrate
seamlessly throughout the field and Williams’ communications network is easily
expandable as the company adds new well sites and pipelines across the country.
FreeWave Technologies recently announced
a new suite of IO Expansion products to help customers achieve optimal
performance, faster ROI and customization for communication networks.
FreeWave’s IO Expansion modules increase the degree of monitoring, control and
optimization, and offer the most flexible and easily expandable wired and
wireless IO available in the market today. Unmatched in the marketplace,
FreeWave is the only wireless data radio provider with expandable IO devices
that offer universally configurable IO channels for analog input, analog
output, digital input, digital output and sensor power.
By Telecomlead.com Team
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