Unprecedented system performance demands are driving utility managers to choose FreeWave. Only FreeWave offers broad, integrated solutions that meet the emerging demands in electric power, including serial radios that hop 500 times per second (“he who hops fastest wins”), IO and high throughput Ethernet radios with encryption and easy to use interfaces.

FreeWave radios are deployed in nearly every electric power application imaginable from protective relay and substation automation to quality of service monitoring.

Applications

FreeWave radios are being used for the following applications within electric power:

Smart Grid Back Haul
Distribution Management (DMS)
Distribution Automation (DA)
Substation Automation (SSA)
Load Management (LM)
Demand Response (DR)
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
Energy Management (EMS)

Device Management:

Breaker Monitoring/Controls
Line Post Sensors/Monitors
Reclosers
Regulators
Sectionalizing Switches

Proven Results

FreeWave radios have been successfully implemented to provide:

Automated protective relay for a major southern US utility

Fully automated telemetry, protection and SCADA for a major northern US cooperative network

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FreeWave products provide unmatched communications and support many standard communication protocols including DNP3, TCP/IP (including IEC61850 and DNP3.0), Modbus, Modbus Plus. The radios also support RS232, RS422 and RS485. Our serial, IO and Ethernet radios can be seamlessly integrated into a single network allowing complete end-to-end communications at many applications levels.

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