Eletricidade

The SmartPTT-based radio communications system provides efficient communications for dispatchers and personnel involved in technical maintenance on electricity grids:

1. Communications for the dispatcher of the electricity grid company with the field engineer and repair and recovery teams.
2. Communications for the dispatcher of the company with subordinate power facilities and controllers of the electric transmission grid districts.
3. Communications for the dispatcher of the districts with subordinate facilities and those on duty at the grid stations.
4. Communications for the district dispatcher and person on duty at the repair and production facility with field and repair personnel located on site or travelling to the place of work.
5. Communications for individual fitters, line walkers and vehicle repair personnel with one another and the person on duty at the grid station.
6. Organization of the transmission of alerts from unmanned substations to the district control station via a radio network.

Apart from this, the SmartPTT-based dispatcher radio network becomes the only means of efficient management of mobile teams in the following cases:

• Emergency situations, mass power outages (for example, trouble-free radio communications during recovery operations after “freezing rain”)
• In areas where there is no other alternative means of communication (for example, away from populated areas)

Benefits for the dispatcher:

1. Permanent communications with the teams, those on duty at grid stations, subordinate facilities and sites using personal and group voice calls and text messages
2. Easy coordination of crews and personnel
3. Option to listen in to conversations of all subscribers on the radio network taking place in the work area
4. Receive confirmation of the safety of an employee in the event of works on electrical equipment carrying potential risks to human health
5. Checking location of the subscriber using GPS receiver built into the radio station
6. Connection of radio subscribers with subscribers of the corporate telephone network

Benefits for personnel:

1. Communications with the dispatcher of their district or of the electric transmission grid company from any point where repair or maintenance works are being carried out
2. Communications for individual fitters, line walkers and vehicle repair personnel with one another and the person on duty at the grid station
3. Option to communicate only within the group when carrying out field or repair work due to assignment by conversation groups, reflecting specialization
4. Connection with subscribers of the corporate telephone network
5. Personal safety due to such modes as “Lone Worker” and “Man Down” in which the dispatcher will be sent an alarm signal in the absence of activity from the subscriber within a certain period of time or if he drops out
6. Exchange of text messages with radio station subscribers and dispatcher
7. Receive assignments and report on their performance via user terminals

Benefits for the radio network administrator:

1. Separate administrator’s console
2. Constant monitoring of the system’s efficiency and amount of data transmission on the network
3. Full information on the network’s infrastructure
4. Remote management of repeaters and radio servers
5. Configuration of profiles for restricting operator access to base stations, groups, services and radio network channels