DOHA: From wireless internet connection or more known as wi-fi now popular and widely patronised in Qatar now comes the wireless security camera that brings solutions to costly kilometric-long cable wire connections especially in large industrial plants.
The camera that tracks down, in real time, movements of employees and vehicles inside a plant formally introduced yesterday by global automation giant Honeywell is just one of the state of the art equipment presented before some 150 experts from different oil and gas companies attending a seminar co-sponsored by Honeywell and Salam Petroleum yesterday at Ramada Hotel.
Connie Evans, Honeywell Sales Director for the Gulf region, said the camera which is part of Honeywell Instant Location Solution (HILS) that co-exist with One Wireless Network is just a start of small new applications but would cause " a big leap" in computer technology to existing large companies in Qatar.
"Companies would save a considerable amount of money without using any more cable wires around their large and wide premises", Evans told The Peninsula in an interview. He explained further that such technology is the biggest innovation in distribution system from proprietary to office shelf composition.
He admitted the entirety of One Wireless Network technology is still a new concept that they would just recommend companies to start with small applications because of safety concerns.
The One Wireless Network offers a wide range of sophisticated universal mesh network that extends the reach of the process control network to areas of the plant that were previously unreachable with wired solutions.
Pramesh Maheshwari, Honeywell service leader for Qatar and Bahrain, said One Wireless simultaneously supports multiple industrial protocols and applications, providing a single wireless network that is simple to manage and efficient to operate.
Other equipment offered by Honeywell include XYR 600 Wireless Transmitters, XYR 5000 Wireless Transmitters, XYR 3000 Multiplexer, Equipment Health Monitoring, Intela TracPKS and Honeywell Mobile Station.
Evans explained the seminar was aimed not only to introduce their products but to get feedbacks from the participants as well. Exhorting them to adopt the wireless technology innovations, the Honeywell executive said: "We think it is the future, the next big thing in the oil and gas industry".
"We're building the world more safer and secure," Evans concluded in his presentation at the seminar.
By Chris V Panganiban
© The Peninsula 2009
