Battery monitor to ensure telecomms integrity

Tyco Electronics Power Systems is working with Midtronics to develop a battery monitoring system to ensure network integrity for telecomms service providers.

Tyco Electronics Power Systems is working with Midtronics to develop a battery monitoring system to ensure network integrity for telecomms service providers.

The battery monitoring system will be integrated into the Tyco Electronics Galaxy power monitoring system.

"Conductance testing is the best way to determine the reliability of your battery reserve", said Mark Pasiennik, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Midtronics.

"It is not invasive, and unlike performing a discharge test, there is not a risk of catastrophic failure if the batteries being tested are near end-of-life".

By integrating this battery monitoring system into Tyco Electronics' Galaxy Manager remote monitoring and control software, users will be able to view conductance values on-demand or in user-defined intervals from anywhere with web access.

This approach provides the most cost-effective solution for customers in new and retrofit applications.

Because it uses the existing Galaxy DC power system internal communication bus, the need for a stand-alone hardware platform to collect and process conductance from multiple battery strings is eliminated.

"This collaboration is a major development in the battery and DC power industry", said Sabi Varma, Vice President, Marketing and Business Operations at Tyco Electronics Power Systems.

"With the teaming of two technology leaders, this will become the most broadly deployed battery monitoring solution in any stationary power market.

Power availability is critical for telecom service providers, and now it can be effectively managed".

The development on the project is expected to begin immediately, with product availability currently slated for June.

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