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Spectrum Communications

6 Drill Avenue, Montague Gardens, Cape Town

tel:  
+27 21 001 5500
email:  
[email protected]
url:  
www.spectrumcom.co.za

Core business offering: Turnkey contracting in the industrial automation, scada and telemetry market.


Cape Town

tel: +27 21 001 5500
fax: +27 21 001 5500
[email protected]
Clack, Kevin
National Sales Director
[email protected]
de Villiers, Rob
Director
[email protected]
Adroit Technologies
(System Integrator)
Aiphone
(Sole Agency)
Commax
(Sole Agency)
Eclipse Repeaters
(Sole Agency)
Garrison Infrared Beams
(Sole Agency)
HYT Two-Way Radios
(Sole Agency)
Isofoton Solar Panels
(Sole Agency)
Motorola
(Shared Agency)
Paradox Security Systems
(Sole Agency)
Power Kingdom Batteries
(Shared Agency)
Tele-Flex
(Manufacturer)
Tele-Logger
(Manufacturer)
Tele-Ranger
(Manufacturer)
Wide Area Monitoring & Automation (WAMA)
(Manufacturer, System Integrator)
Section - Computers & Software
-Computers
- desktop
- laptop
- servers
- workstations
-Input devices
- Keyboards
-Peripherals
- CRT/LCD terminals
- Monitors/display systems
- Printers
-Communication medium
- Radio
-Communication standard
- Ethernet/IP
- Modbus
- Other
- RS232/485/422
-Distributed I/O systems
- PLC-centric
-I/O blocks/modules
-Mounting methods
- DIN rail
- Panel/rack mount modules
-Operating features
- Intrinsically safe
-Signal modules
- Analog
- Digital
-Applications
- Data acquisition, analysis
- Direct control
- Drivers
- DSP (digital signal processing) software
- Dynamic link to libraries (DLL)
-Datasharing
- DDE
- OPC clients
-Operating systems
- Windows 2000
- Windows 95/98
- Windows NT
- Windows XP
Section - Data Acquisition & Remote Control
-Alarms
-Number of I/O points
- 0-1024
- 0-32
- 0-512
-Number of PLC or I/O drivers
- 0-16
-Operating system
- Windows 2000
- Windows 95/98
- Windows NT
-Redundancy
-Reports
-Standalone version available
-Cable telemetry
- copper wire
- Ethernet LAN
- fibre-optic
-Radio telemetry
-Remote sensing & control
- cable link
- cellular
- infrared (IR)
- radio link
Section - Miscellaneous Hardware
-Batteries
- Secondary (rechargeable)
-Battery chargers
-DC-DC converters
-Instrument power supplies
-Load management
-Solar energy converters
-Audible alarms
- Bells
- Horns, sirens
-Key-lock switches
-Smoke/fire detection
Section - Process Control & Manufacturing Technologies
-Communications
- Proprietary
- RS232
- RS422/RS485
-Inputs
- 0/4-20mA
- mV/V
-Outputs
- 0/4-20 mA
- Pulse
- Relay contact
-Panel size (mm)
- 150x150
- 24x48
- 48x48
- 48x96
- 72x72
- 96x96
-Flowmeters (type)
- Differential pressure (DP)
- Magnetic/electromagnetic
-Monitors/indicators
-Switches
-Totalisers and correlators
-Float-operated
-Microwave, guided & radar
-Pressure/hydrostatic
-Ultrasonic
-Analog I/O
- 1-16
- 17-64
- 65-256
- 257-512
- more than 512
-Digital I/O
- 1-16
- 17-64
- 65-256
- 257-512
- more than 512
-Display
-Networking organisation
- Host-to-PLC link
- PLC-to-PLC
- Remote I/O
-Networking
- PLC-to-PLC
- Proprietary data bus
- Remote I/O
- RS232, RS422, RS485
-Differential pressure transducers
-Flow
-Level
-Frequency
Section - Services & Systems
-Contractors
- Electrical
- Process control
- System wiring/installation
-Programmers
- Other
- PLC
- scada
-Project Management
-System integration/consulting
- Process control
- Scada/DCS/PLC
- Telemetry
-Environmental control & monitoring
-Materials handling
-Mining & metals
-Petrochemical
-Power generation & distribution
-Transportation
-Water & waste water
News from Spectrum Communications:
Quality, made in China
February 2009, Security Services & Risk Management, Spectrum Communications

Qingzhou Chen gave Hi-Tech Security Solutions an exclusive interview in which he discussed the history of the company, why it achieved so much in such a short time and what to expect this year

Scada on the high seas
June 2005, SCADA/HMI, Adroit Technologies, Spectrum Communications

Tele-FLEX is an advanced telemetry system from Spectrum Communications, designed to provide flexible communication solutions for a variety of applications

Substation monitoring made easy
May 2003, System Integration & Control Systems Design, Spectrum Communications

Spectrum Communications recently completed a turnkey monitoring project for one of the large electricity users in the Western Cape comprising of nine substations (11 KV) and scada central station. The ...

Scada and telemetry celebrate over 12 years in partnership
December 2002, Data Acquisition & Telemetry, Adroit Technologies, Spectrum Communications

Proudly South African, both Adroit Technologies and Spectrum Communications produce products that are wholly South African

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