Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TOPT20230207019
- Term of Validity
- 7 February 2023 - 6 February 2025
- Company's Country
- Portugal
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- A Portuguese electronics and communications engineering company developed a modem that can be used in telemetering areas. The SME is looking for partners wanting to establish a data connection (GPRS) between two points using the GSM (global system for mobile communications) network for a commercial agreement with technical assistance.
- Full Description
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A Portuguese incorporated company, created in october de 2001 as a spin-off from which inherits the experience of more than 30 years as developer and manufacturer of electronic based equipment and as systems integrator, not only for the professional market, but also for telematics and automation solutions for the consumer market has designed a modem GPRS II+.
The SME is an electronics and communications engineering enterprise, located in Portugal, developing its own products and tailor-made projects. Their facilities include a factory area where they produce the products and projects and third-party products and projects - electronics and communications; IoT sensing; bioengineering; artificial intelligence; road telematics; green economy; occupation management and tracking (RTLS); self-service equipment and technologies; nearshore electronics and equipment.
The PT SME has designed a new technology: a modem GPRS II+ allowing to establish a data connection (GPRS) between two points using the GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) network.
On the GSM interface it provides a TCP server with connection to a serial RS485 port (normally used to connect to EMI (intelligent metering equipment). It also has a second RS485 port that allows to make a connection between two equipments (between the HAN port and EMI).
This equipment has the following ports: an antenna connector, two connectors for RS485 port, a push/pull slot for micro SIM (subscriber identification module) card and it has three signal lights to diagnose the operating status.
The equipment is supplied in a plastic case with dimensions 80 x 31.7 x 20.5 (L x W x H) mm. It is also supplied with an external magnetic base antenna with cable for direct connection to the modem.
This technology was already applied in several fields of telemetering, as example, in EDP Portugal electricity meters.
The SME is looking for new partners wanting the modem GPRS II+ for acquisition and is offering to support the transfer of the technology, under commercial agreement with technical assistance. - Advantages and Innovations
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The equipment has several self-diagnostic mechanisms that allow to monitor its operation, and in case of a general failure, e.g., blocking the equipment's firmware partial or lack of response from the modem), it allows to fully recover its normal operation.
The recovery can be general (general reset and restart of all hardware) or partial (hardware) or partial (restart of a module). In events that an error occurs and is not detected by the equipment's firmware, nor by the software and hardware watchdogs, the equipment has implemented a periodic restart functionality, with a time interval between 1 hour (minimum value) and 168 hours (maximum value). In case there is in progress with the EMI (intelligent metering equipment) port, the periodic reset is suspended for one hour or until the connection is terminated. - Stage of Development
- Already on the market
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
- IPR status
- No IPR applied
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
- Companies should be interested in using the modem in the field of telemetering and under commercial agreement with technical assistance and after sales maintenance services.
- Type and Size of Partner
- Big company
- SME 50 - 249
- SME 11-49
- SME <=10
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 01006007 - Research Networking, GRID
- 01003021 - Remote Control
- 01006005 - Network Technology, Network Security
- 01004006 - Environment Management Systems
- 004006001 - Energy management
- Market keywords
- 06006002 - Metering and monitoring
- 01004002 - Data communication components
- 01004005 - Modems and multiplexers
- Sector Groups Involved
- Renewable Energy
- Targeted countries
- All countries