Electricity is undoubtedly an essential part of our lives and industries. To that end, the chief consumer needs include a reliable and continuous electricity source and a guaranteed and constant supervision of the continually increasing grid. Consumers have been using the electricity produced out of solar cells for a few years now. The extra amount either goes back to the grid or is sold to other consumers, which requires controlling the electricity grid’s edge. The quality of services does not solely depend on the connection between the secondary substations to the primary ones in the control centers. Only a few of them have such ability anyway. Maintaining the quality energy supply is very challenging for some electricity companies because most of them try to manage a large number of secondary substations from one single control center. To ensure the viability of these projects, it is critical to keep the maintenance due to the number of installed devices and configuration ease. There will be no problem distributing the secondary substations across various geographical areas as long as all connections are secured from cyberattacks.
Westermo solution
Cellular communications are the best way to reach secondary substations from their control centers, enabling the customers to have the market’s most reliable cellular routers. Reliable remote access allows the companies to save the time previously used on lost supply and reduce the number of times the customers get interrupted. Currently, the highest mean time between failures (MTBF) on the market is offered by the Merlin industrial cellular routers and Lynx switches. Also, a redundant connection to control centers is provided by the cellular communication dual SIM feature.
Being one of the most cost-effective and consistent solutions, the Merlin has the Zero Touch deployment software activator and is designed with specific features like IPSec encryption and dynamic Firewall, secure boot, and Trusted Platform Module.
Chief Advantages
- Using robust cellular communication to connect secondary substations with control centers
- Merlin industrial cellular routers offer a redundant connection to control centers through dual SIM
- Automated deployment and easy router installation by activators
- Protecting the system against cyberattacks via features such as VPN and Firewall
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