Anybody use these?

[robh]

I was reading through Knowledge base on AB.com and ran across this... http://www.hiprom.co.za/indexTech.htm Does anybody use these? What for exactly? Looks cool, I just can't think of any reason why I need one! Edited September 25, 2006 by robh

[TimWilborne]

I know a guy who talked about using something like this for switching of a remote power station. Don't know why for sure but I guess with it being on it's own there is no other way to synchronize time I noticed in their literature they emphasize timing.

[robh]

I guess you could install one on a boat, bus, or car. Maybe crane positioning?

[TimWilborne]

Ah good thought. The shipyards may use them. Other things that come to my mind would be rock quarries and mines if there is some way to setup stations underground

[BobLfoot]

Wonder if our amusment park designers might use them.

[TConnolly]

You can use them at remote sites to set the PLC time clock for time critical operations using the GPS time stamp. Not striclty limited to mobile apps.

[dua anjing]

They would have been usefull on a project I was involved in in Thailand. 2 remote pumping stations were "sending" data back to main treatment plnat via GPRS. The data was logged at main treatment Plant and was trended (CitectSCADA) The data was timestamped with date & time from main Plant. Problem was data was also logged locally at pumping station. Would have been good to have sync'd times on all systems.

[waynes]

I think it is not a bad idea. I remember doing the controls on a substation where everything had to be time stamped and logged. This naturally meant that time had to be synced. The data was then sent to a central control station via a slow DNP link (I think 2400 baud). These guys aren't doing bad at all in South Africa. Most people know about them. Anyway, my contribution