Poole, UK, 2015-Feb-19
Stratos Outstation
According to Keith Manston, Head of Product Management, the first phase of the Stratos Outstation development provides UTMC OTU and MOVA functionality in a similar way to that provided by the Gemini 2 UTMC OTU which it replaces. ‘Using the latest Arm processor technology, this initial release is part of the ongoing progression towards providing fully-featured Stratos outstation functionality in line with the continued development of the company’s cloud-based strategic traffic management system’, he said.
‘Because Stratos outstation functions will be provided by a single outstation platform it will no longer be necessary to use different platforms for UTMC control or Remote Monitoring applications, providing a cost effective implementation on-street, whilst minimising the requirement for large spares holdings and simplifying maintenance requirements’, he said.
Ongoing development of the outstation will add many new features, which in conjunction with the Stratos central system will include full controller monitoring, inbuilt count and vehicle classification and local, downloadable plan control. Importantly the outstation firmware is able to be updated from a Siemens Outstation Support Server, so installed units may be easily updated to provide the new Stratos functionality as is becomes available, without necessarily requiring a site visit.
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