Illinois Utility
Illinois Utility
was faced with a problem. As a supplier
of water in the Southwest area, they needed
to find a way to control the water level
in various
tanks in the area. To do this, Illinois
needed to control their Programmable Logical
Controllers (PLC's) in each water tank remotely
from their main facility computer system
in Woodridge, IL. The PLC's allowed them
to monitor the level of water in each tank
to assure an adequate supply at all time.
Illinois
Utility turned to Heritage Business Systems
to design a wide area remote communication
solution. Heritage came up with (3) different
options, the first being a solution with
straight router technology, the second
being a straight wireless technology and
the third option following extensive research
and site surveys, a hybrid of a router
technology mixed with a radio wireless
technology.
After
several meeting with Illinois Utility
and reviewing each option, Heritage designed
and implemented the wide area solution
utilizing several Cisco routers along
with MDS radio technology. The result
was a tremendous success for both Illinois
Utility and Heritage Business Systems.
The
benefits to Illinois Utility have been
tremendous as they are now getting high
speed access to all of their locations
at a minimal cost. They are able to control
all water tanks remotely from one location,
increase productivity and lower overall
maintenance cost. As a result, Illinois
Utility entered into a service agreement
with Heritage to utilize their expertise
in supporting and consulting for their
entire computer network system.
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