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Increasing Efficiency and Staff Safety in Utility Sector
Phil WoodleyHead of TETRA productsSepura
No stranger to radio…Offshore wind farms are billion plus dollar assets
• Radio for operations & monitoring passing traffic to enable intervention
• Radar for non-related/uncooperative targets
The customer
• Specialist supplier of Marine Intelligence Systems
• Work with some of the largest off shore energy suppliers
• Resilient mission critical comms are an absolute requirement
• Worker safety is top priority
• Needed demonstrable safety enhancements
The what’s
• What were the problems the customer was trying to solve?
• What would be the challenges?
• What were the absolutes?
• What were we not seeing?
• What was the outcome?
Generic photo of wind farm — Photo: SteKlueBe
The problems
• Rough environment– Seawater– Wind and waves– Freezing to hot– Ships – Platforms
• Safety is critical– Communications solution
is critical for safety
Photo: Department of Energy, US, Dennis Schroeder
TETRA network and radios
• Wind farm off-shore is out of any commercial network coverage– Must have own resilient network and site
coverage outdoors and indoors– Safety off-shore is absolutely critical for
operations
• TETRA is the premier radio technology for private safety and mission critical networks– Amazing audio quality in wind or noise or rain– Data and apps capability enhances operations– Widely deployed in utility sector around the
world– Safety features such as man down alerts
Operational temperature STP/SC Series
ETSI conformance tested temperature-20°C to +60°C
Operational temperature (Sepura tests) -30°C to +65°C
Customer environment used*-40°C to +65°C
Cold Scenarios Hot Scenarios Norwegian Public Safety Dubai PoliceSwedish Public Safety Saudi Public SafetyCanadian Mining Australian Mining
* Anecdotal from customer
Salt water environment
• Salt water is extremely harsh environment for electronics (radios)• Need high environmental (IP) protection for most demanding
situations and places
• TETRA radios can fulfill these needs and beyond– Salt water proof connectors, rain, shower, submersible, rugged, ...
Salt Protection:
▪ Salt fog
▪ MIL-STD-810
▪ Duration 24hr salt
▪ Salt water – submersion
▪ Rated at 1m for 30mins
▪ FFPT Salt water – 96hrs standing on end
▪ Connector Protector
Voice and Apps for operations
• Complete TETRA communications solution for utility sector
• Provide both voice and data communications– Comprehensive solution for every situation
• Why applications?– Improve worker safety– Higher efficiency...
The what’s
• What were the problems the customer was trying to solve?
• What were the challenges?
• What were the absolutes?
• What were we not seeing?
• What was the outcome?
All project personnel that are registered receive a personalised RFID-Card. When personnel board or disembark a vessel, then the RFID-Card is “swiped” or “registered” to automatically (de-)muster themselves with a vessel or location.
Movement tracking
Smarter TETRA terminals
• TETRA terminals are becoming smarter and better– More functionality, more flexibility, more power
• Sepura AppSPACE can run apps on TETRA radios– Smart Indoor Location app, and more...– Packaged and custom apps available
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Stay away from city centre until further
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HEALTH ALERT
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Location:
Room 505
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Screen creation
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network in Hindberg region
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Indoor Location App Details
• Beacons provide location information where no satellite is available• Industry standard beacons (Bluetooth 4 Low Energy, iBeacon,)• Easy low cost and practical installation required
– Beacons can be battery powered with battery life of 4+ years, no expensive cabling required
• Beacons can cover area from 1m to 200m– From tracking guard round points to airplane hangars
• Single device for critical voice, emergency and location– The same TETRA radio should do voice, location and apps
APPLI CATI ON S DATASHEET PRODUCTIVITY
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Hand-held devices
The application can be used to locate the following hand-held devices once installed with the relevant indoor location app:
• Sepura SC20 and SC21 TETRA radios
• iOS, Windows and Android based smartphones and tablets
Beacons
Indoor Location is compatible with industry standard Bluetooth 4 Low Energy (BLE) beacons using the iBeacon protocol. You can either connect to your existing network of compatible beacons or use Sepura’s beacons that of er:
• Long battery life (typically 3-4 years)
• Waterproof protection (IP65) via a robust and unobtrusive casing
• Compact size (52x50x35mm)
• Simple setup using administrative smartphone app
• Conf gurable signal range (covering a radius of 1-200m)
OVERVIEW
Sepura’s Indoor Location System comprises a software application that reports the real time location of TETRA radios and smartphones relative to a network of Bluetooth beacons positioned across a site.
›› Police›› Ambulance›› Airports›› Prisons›› Hospitals›› Factories and of ces
›› Industrial sites and processing plants›› Arenas and stadiums›› Museums›› Shopping centres›› Hotels ›› Wind farms
Indoor Location can improve safety and ef ciency for a wide variety of organisations:
Sepura’s policy is to continually improve its products and services. The features and facilities described in this document were correct at publication, but are subject to change without notice.
Software application
The Indoor Location application can report location data directly through its simple and easy t o use Graphical User Interface or supply the relevant data via API to enable display and control through an existing control room application.
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Sepura Indoor Location solutionImproving duty of care
• Beacon transmits location identifier periodically• Radio listens to beacon locations• Radio optimizes updates over TETRA• Radio sends location update over TETRA network• Indoor location application receives TETRA location
message• Indoor location application delivers positional
information to 3rd party application• Indoor location application shows locations and
users
Combined with LogOn/Off– name identified instead of radio ISSI
TETRA SDS message
QUERY
Beacons & SSIDs
Location updates to
third party systems
Checks known beacon
locations
Display location information
Location Users
BT643 Transition Matt, 55005
BT643 Nacelle John, 55003
Vessel 78 55001, 55012
Veseel 79 —
TETRA
Network
Generic photo of wind farm — Photo: SteKlueBe
Putting things in place
• Wind mill tower– Bluetooth beacons at each door
(bottom and top)
• Technical platform– TETRA base station
• Ships – Bluetooth beacons at entryways
• On-shore operations centre– Radio room– TETRA network base station– TETRA network central
components– Application servers– Office Bluetooth beacons
Summary
• TETRA provides communications and safety solution that supports communications and safety needs at this wind farm
• Wind farm is a really harsh environment with high communications and safety needs
• Voice and data together provide the best and required level of service
• Sepura delivered this complete communications solution– Sepura SC20 TETRA radios
• Waterproof, submersible, marine hardened, water porting audio, sensitive receiver, high 3W transmission power,
• Radio apps with AppSPACE — voice and safety apps in one device
– Teltronic TETRA network — proven for utilities around the world– Applications to enhance operations — Sepura apps included
• Indoor location application with beacons, radio and back-end• LogOn application, radio forms and back-end
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