T-BOX APPLICATIONS
Cost-effective Solutions to “Pain
Point” Problems
T-BOX
Product Overview
T-BOX WM Wireless Monitor
 T-BOX WM extends advanced monitoring,
automation and telemetry capabilities to
processes requiring as few as one or two
measurements.
T-BOX Model
DI
Above, with PI
DO
AI
GSM, CDMA, SS
Radio, PSTN
Options
Lithium Battery
WM
4
2
4
0 or 2
Yes
Yes
Redundant Lithium
Yes
Battery Life
4 to 8 Years
Solar Power
No
Ext. DC Power
No
Ultra Low
0.1 mA
Power Draw
T-BOX LP Ultra Low Power RTU
 With more I/O and power input options, T-BOX LP is ideal for mobile
assets such as generators and pumps as well as remote processes
such as lift stations.
T-BOX Model
DI
Above, with PI
DO
AI
RTD Input
GSM, CDMA, SS
Radio, PSTN
Options
Lithium Battery
WM
4
2
4
0 or 2
LP
8
2
8
0 or 4
2*
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Redundant Lithium
Yes
Yes
Battery Life
4 to 8 Years 2 to 5 Years
Solar Power
No
Yes
Ext. DC Power
No
Yes
Ultra Low Ultra Low 0.2
0.1 mA
mA
Power Draw
*2 RTD in place of 2 AI points.
T-BOX LT Ethernet RTU
 To meet broader applications requirements, T-BOX LT adds
Ethernet, SD/MMC card, and a variety of I/O configurations.
T-BOX Model
DI
Above, with PI
DO
DI/DO
AI
AO
RTD Input
GSM, CDMA, SS
Radio, PSTN
Options
Ethernet
Protocols
SD/MMC Card
Operator Display
Lithium Battery
WM
4
2
4
LP
8
2
8
LT100
2
2
0 or 4
LT200
2
2
4
8
6
LT201
2
2
4
8
2
2*
2
6
8
0 or 2
LT300
6
2
16
8
2
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Over 40 drivers, including Modbus Master / Slave, DNP 3.0, IEC 60870-5, etc.
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Optional
Optional
External
External
External
External
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Redundant Lithium
Yes
Yes
No
Battery Life
4 to 8 Years 2 to 5 Years
N/A
Solar Power
No
Yes
Yes
Ext. DC Power
No
Yes
Yes
Integral Charger
No
No
Yes
Ultra Low Ultra Low 0.2
0.1 mA
mA
Power Draw
Low 85 mA
C1 D1 / Z1
C1 D1 / Z1
Hazardous Area
No
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
Low 85 mA
Low 85 mA
Low 85 mA
T-BOX MS (Modular System)
 T-BOX MS is designed to satisfy
all requirements beyond our “all-inone” T-BOX WM, LP and LT
products:
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Modular, up to 800 I/O & 16 ports
16-bit & 32-bit processors
AC & DC Power Supplies
Broad communications offerings
Many I/O Modules
High performance
Sequence of events to 1 msec.
Complete T-BOX Product Family
 Fully compatible firmware
platform
 Fully compatible configuration
software tools: TWinSoft,
WebForm Studio, Report Studio,
T-VIEW
 Customers can apply their web
pages, comms configurations
and programmable control over
the full range of installations
using all T-BOX family products.
All products provide the unique features and benefits of the
T-BOX IP/ Web technology platform.
Pain Point Solutions
Pain Point Common to all Applications
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Prohibitively high-priced integration of monitoring, telemetry
and automation technologies to work in remote areas with no
power sources and limited network coverage
T-BOX solution:
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Integration – Complete monitoring, telemetry and automation functionality is
provided in a single package. Functionality including SCADA, data logger,
dialer, and PLC is included in a single product. T-BOX WM standard
enclosure including internal battery further eliminates added costs and
scheduling delays due to systems integration work.
Ultra low power consumption allows use of low cost, lithium battery or solar
power sources. The integral battery in T-BOX WM further reduces costs
related to integration, installation, and operation.
Integral Web server – Web pages are accessible to users, anytime,
anywhere and eliminate the cost of expensive, SCADA software. Web pages
impose virtually no learning curve and can also be used for local maintenance
operations, thus saving the cost of additional software.
Multi-communications – A wide range of integral, data communications
equipment (DCE’s) means that the RTU will work at all customer locations.
Since most data loggers and other products intended for these applications
have integrated only one or two DCE’s, many customer installations are not
covered.
Mobile Asset Management
Generators, pumps and other mobile equipment
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Customer dissatisfaction with asset performance / reliability / failures—Cost
effective availability of alarms, live information, and historical information combined
with programmable automation minimizes failures, maximizes supplier
responsiveness and allows optimal operation of assets.
Inefficient asset management: idle assets in some locations while urgently needed
in other locations—Live and historical data on location and status provides
tracking information for efficient management.
Lack of network coverage for some end user locations—Multi-communications
offering ensures all locations are covered.
Lack of asset status information—Push communications efficiently provide live
status information.
Lack of asset maintenance information—Historical logging provides information for
accounting, forecasting and continuous improvement.
Security concerns, theft, vandalism—Alarm management provides live security
monitoring with escalation to multiple recipients.
Monitoring products don’t provide automation or calculation functionality—
Programmable automation environment is standard in T-BOX products.
Scalability of monitoring equipment to more sophisticated applications requiring
control—T-BOX WM through MS are fully compatible in software and
communications and scale from four through hundreds of I/O points.
Mobile Asset Management
Generators, Pumps and other Mobile Equipment
Summary
 Cost effective availability of alarms, live information, and
historical information combined with programmable
automation minimizes failures, maximizes supplier
responsiveness and allows optimal operation of assets.
Infrastructure Management
Vendor Managed Inventory: Chemical Tank at Manufacturing Facility
 Risk of depleted inventory and dissatisfied end user— Push
communications efficiently provide live status information. Alarm
management ensures that inventory does not reach low levels.
 No access to current site status and inventory level—Push
communications efficiently provide live status information to multiple
recipients.
 Lack of historical, “usage” information for forecasting— Historical data
on inventory and status provides information for forecasting and
effective management.
 Inefficient routing, expensive fleet management—Live information via
push communications allows efficient routing and fleet management.
 Power is not available at all sites—Low or ultra-low power consumption
allows use of low cost, lithium battery or solar power sources. The
integral battery in T-BOX WM further reduces costs related to
integration, installation, and operation.
 No communications technology reaches all locations—Multicommunications offering ensures all locations are covered.
 Monitoring products don’t integrate with transmitters for level or
pressure—T-BOX products support low-power sensors as well as 4 –
20 mA transmitters, while conserving power.
Infrastructure Management
Vendor Managed Inventory / Chemical Tank at
Manufacturing Facility Summary
 For the price of a monitoring device, T-BOX WM is a
self-powered solution that provides live alarming,
historical data, local calculations and complete
connectivity.
Water / Wastewater Utilities
Combined Sewage Overflow (CSO) Monitoring
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Lack of timely notification of CSO events resulting in regulatory agency
fines—Push communications efficiently provide live status information.
Alarm management ensures that reports are escalated and recipients are
informed.
Lack of historical information impedes record-keeping—Historical data on
CSO events and status provides information for effective management.
Monitoring system is high-maintenance / expensive to operate—Highly
integrated product provides low-maintenance operation.
Monitoring system does not integrate with SCADA system— Common
protocols such as Modbus ensure integration with most SCADA systems.
Push communications can also be very effectively implemented without
SCADA integration.
Power is not available at all sites—Low or ultra-low power consumption
allows use of low cost, lithium battery or solar power sources. The
integral battery in T-BOX WM further reduces costs related to integration,
installation, and operation.
Monitoring products don’t integrate with transmitters for flow or level—TBOX products support low-power sensors as well as 4 – 20 mA
transmitters, while conserving power.
Limited or high-priced networking / some systems don’t work at all end
user locations— Multi-communications offering ensures all locations are
cost-effectively covered.
Water / Wastewater Utilities
Combined Sewage Overflow (CSO) Monitoring
Summary
 An inexpensive T-BOX solution integrates with
utility operations and provides the live and
historical reporting that eliminates regulatory
penalties.
Oil & Gas
Gas Distribution Utilities
 Pressure drops / loss of service to customers—Push
communications efficiently provide live status information such as
pressure trends. Alarm management ensures that multiple
recipients are informed when pressure drops to low levels.
 Lack of historical information impedes system modeling—
Historical data on line pressure trends provides information for
modeling and operations improvements.
 Power is not available at all sites—Low or ultra-low power
consumption allows use of low cost, lithium battery or solar power
sources. The integral battery in T-BOX WM further reduces costs
related to integration, installation, and operation.
 Monitoring system does not integrate with SCADA system—
Common protocols such as Modbus ensure integration with most
SCADA systems . Push communications can also be very
effectively implemented without SCADA integration.
 Limited or high-priced networking / some systems don’t work at all
end user locations— Multi-communications offering ensures all
locations are cost-effectively covered.
Oil & Gas
Gas Distribution Utilities Summary
 Cost effective solution provides live status
information to ensure optimal customer service as
well as historical trends for continuous improvement.
T-BOX Low Power Product DIFFERENTIATORS
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Fully integrated (“All in one” package)
Ultra low power
Redundant batteries
Web technology
Push communications
Multi-communications
Alarm management
Historical data logging
Simple configuration tools
Programmable controls / logic
Intelligent End Device (IED) protocols
DIFFERENTIATORS
T-BOX Low Power Product Differentiators (1 of 2):
 Fully integrated – Complete monitoring, telemetry and automation functionality is
provided in a single package. T-BOX WM standard enclosure including internal battery
eliminates added costs and scheduling delays due to systems integration work.
 Ultra low power consumption allows use of the lowest cost, lithium battery or solar
power sources. T-BOX WM provides long battery life. The integral battery in T-BOX
WM further reduces costs related to integration, installation, and operation.
 Redundant Batteries keep the RTU operating even when one battery fails and provide
flexibility in scheduling site visits to replace a battery.
 Web technology - Integral Web server – Web pages are accessible to users,
anywhere, anytime. PC-based Web pages also provide all, local HMI operations when
maintenance personnel visit the sites, thus saving the cost of additional software.
 Push technology – End user operations personnel are immediately notified of alarms
and important events without the need for polling the RTU. This takes best advantage of
inexpensive data communications plans on public networks.
 Multi-communications – Our range of integral, data communications equipment
(DCE’s) means that the RTU will work at all customer locations. Since most data
loggers and other products intended for these applications have integrated only one or
two DCE’s, many customer installations are not covered.
DIFFERENTIATORS
T-BOX LP Product Differentiators (2 of 2):
 Alarm management – The T-BOX alarm system detects alarm conditions and reports
them using Push Technology. Alarm management ensures that un-acknowledged
alarms will be escalated. Even cellular phone users can acknowledge alarms and send
text commands to the T-BOX RTU.
 Historical data logging – T-BOX data logging capability retains historical information,
such as tank levels, in both tabular and trend graph formats and allows users to adapt
operations for the highest efficiency. Trends can also assist in maintenance
management and continuous improvement.
 Simple Tools - WebForm Studio – An integral tool for building Web pages considerably
speeds the configuration process and ensures there will be no software integration
problems. Users will also appreciate that no programming is needed.
 Programmable control – Even when control functions are not necessary, users very
often need to write some code. Our choice of programming via IEC 61131-3 LD (Ladder
Diagram), Basic, or Microsoft Automation provides considerable flexibility. These
capabilities are very uncommon in products intended for monitoring, only.
 Intelligent End Device (IED) protocols – We have developed an extensive range of
protocols for flow meters, security devices, sensors, etc. These are lacking in most,
competitive products.