Nov 6, 2008 Fleck long range wireless sensing and control In an Australian first, an integrated field-based wireless sensor network (WSN) system has been developed and commercialised in Australia, which enables the real time collection of data from large areas.
Fleck is designed to tap in to the burgeoning WSN market forecast to grow to $5.3 billion worldwide by 2010.
By integrating Fleck WSN into monitoring and control projects, the technology provides productivity gains and flexibility for a wide range of industries including agriculture, aquaculture, manufacturing, mining, construction and environmental management.
"Throughout the world, demand for an automatic, reliable, low power, wireless sensor network is growing across all industries.
The Fleck 'mesh networking' technology is streets ahead of what's currently available to the market - a self healing network, long range, lower power consumption, plug and play; in a compact, ruggedized enclosure are Fleck's key benefits."
The Fleck Sensor Network, the result of a collaboration between the CSIRO and Tasmanian-based company Datacall Telemetry, works by gathering information in the field and delivering it to a server using a gateway to the 3G network and the internet.
This allows monitoring, alarm and control flexibility via mobile phone or internet connection.
Datacall Telemetry's Group Sales Manager Damien Virieux said "Until recently, gathering this information had involved installing traditional telemetry nodes to collect measurements across large areas with multiple sensing nodes, made large scale, concentrated sensing networks expensive."
The Fleck WSN based on ad-hoc wireless mesh networking principles, solves this problem.
"What makes the solar-powered Fleck Sensor Network unique is the networks' ability to pass data, at distances up to 700m from one node to another, automatically determining the most efficient route to and from the Datacall Gateway" Mr Virieux said.
Fleck will be available in early 2009, for more information visit www.datacall.net.au, or contact Datacall Telemetry +61 3 6229 0588.
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