Remote management of FG Wilson generators
On Nothern Ireland FG Wilson is manufacturing a wide range of generator sets. Intellicom has been involved in several remote monitoring projects where FG Wilson products have been used together with Netbiter solutions.

The Netbiter solution in this case provides a completely web based interface for remote monitoring and control of run-time data in the gen-set. In parallel it provides detailed alarm information and data log files that present nice graphical trends of the behaviour of the generator. In the project our customer are reducing emergency visits, minimizing downtime, increasing efficiency and optimizing the service operations of their generators. Cost can be saved immediately.

FG Wilson Powerwizard

Technical solution
In the project the Powerwizard 2 control panel was used that provides a Modbus RTU (serial) interface.
The Netbiter webSCADA (WS200) unit supports Modbus based products (both serial and Ethernet). The Modbus interface at the Netbiter communicates with the Powerwizard 2.0 control panels by reading and writing selected data. The Netbiter product makes the data available in an internal web server in the Netbiter unit that can be accessed by the user using a standard web browser, like Internet explorer on the users PC. This makes it possible for the user to instantly read any parameter available in the FG Wilson Powerwizrad panel from a remote location. It is also possible to write data to the FG Wilson genset, for example to perform a remote start.

In addition the web interface also provides clear and detailed alarm information from the Power wizard panels along with data log files that can be viewed as a trend graph.

Connected to Netbiter.net
The Netbiter.net is a secure online management portal that collects and stores information from remote devices in the field. A smart technology invention makes it possible to do installations over Internet and GPRS easy and fast without being an IT-expert. It also provides extended functions like monitoring, control, trending and alarm management. Netbiter.net is completely web based and becomes one central place for easy visualization and management of your equipment.

The benefits in this installation using Netbiter.net are;
  • Wireless connectivity with GPRS using any standard SIM card (no expensive “M2M SIM cards needed).
  • Possibility to store alarm history and log files for a longer period of time (compare to smaller memory in the Netbiter remote unit itself).
  • Management of installation (users, projects, devices (FG Wilson gensets), automated backups, storing documentations etc).
More information about Netbiter.net.

Other Netbiter solutions for FG Wilson products
Connect control panels to Ethernet based system like PLC’s, supervisory SCADA systems etc to benefit from Ethernet cabling.

Netbiter® serial server products
Netbiter® Modbus RTU – TCP Gateway products

Remote device management focusing on easy installation. True plug’n’play that passes firewalls and does not require special M2M SIM cards for GPRS communication. It Includes web based alarm management, data logging and data access of generators.

Netbiter® EasyConect products

Please contact Intellicom sales about how to do remote monitoring and control of FG Wilson products (or any other backup power product). Click here.
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