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MDSIndustrial Strength Wireless

GEDigital Energy

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Ensuring mission critical communications GE Digital Energy - MDS is the world’s leading single-source, end-to-end wireless solution provider, with 20 years of experience and over 1 million units installed. MDS solutions implement future-proof technologies that provide our customers with infrastructure savings, exceptional reliability and the longest in-service life.

With over one million wireless devices installed worldwide, we bring industry-leading experience to your applications.

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Industrial strength wireless, from the first meter to the last mile

Industrially Hardened

• Extreme operating temperatures (-40C to +70C) • Class 1/Div 2 hazardous location approvals.

• Serial and IP/Ethernet traffic• Fixed or mobile data solutions• Point-to-point & point-to-multipoint solutions

• Future-proof & backward compatible• Long range, (up to 60 miles)

• Standards-based encryption, authentication, and data integrity verification• Dynamic key rotation, provisioning lists, redundancy, and anti-jamming technologies.

• Full offering of engineering services and complete turnkey wireless solutions• Site surveys, computer-generated path analyses, frequency coordination, licensing• Network design, installation & support, and in-depth training

Application Flexibility

Reliable & Scalable

Secure

Complete Solutions

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Ensuring secure and reliable communicationsData Acquisition

LAN Extension Backhaul

High-speed, long-range connectivity including data and video

Mobile data access including work orders and field force automation

High-capacity, long-distance network aggregation of field communications

High-security real-time network management and full-duplex connectivity

Input collection from discrete sensors (oil wellhead pressure & tank levels)

Output control to devices (pumps, valves, & trip relays)

IP/serial communication to meters and RTUs

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Data AcquisitionWireless asset monitoring

MDS NETio™ Analog and Digital I/O Signal Communication Frequency

Range Speed

900 MHz 30 mi 115 kbps

2.4 GHz 15 mi 115 kbps

MDS TransNETLong Range, High Speed Serial Communication

Frequency

Range Speed

900 MHz 30 mi 115 kbps

2.4 GHz 15 mi 115 kbps

MDS SDx/x710/x790Long Range Telemetry Solutions

MDS TrinityMesh Network Data AcquisitionAvailable 2009

Standards-based mesh networking for use in asset management, supply chain management, inventory control, and metering.

Frequency

Range Speed

200, 400, 900 MHz

50 mi 19.2 kbps

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LAN ExtensionHigh-speed point-to-multipoint networking

MDS iNET/iNET II™ Long Range IP/Ethernet and Serial Networking Frequency

Range Speed

900 MHz 20 mi 1 Mbps

MDS Mercury™High-speed Industrial WiMax Networking

Frequency Range Speed Mode

900 MHz 4 mi 800 kbps

Mobile

900, 3650 MHz

15 mi 13 Mbps Fixed

MDS entraNET™ Extended Range IP/Ethernet and Serial Networking

Frequency

Range Speed

900 MHz 30 mi 106 kbps

2.4 GHz 15 mi 106 kbps

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BackhaulHigh-speed, high-capacity point-to-point solution

MDS Intrepid™ Series High Capacity Point-to-Point Solutions Frequency Range Speed

2.4-5.8 GHz

50 mi 48 Mbps

6-38 GHz 20 mi 800 Mbps

MDS Five™ SeriesLicense-free, Scalable, Efficient and High-Speed Frequency

Range Speed

5.8 GHz 20 mi

100 Mbps

MDS LEDR™ Subrate/Fullrate Series Scalable, Secure Licensed Backhaul Solutions

Frequency Range Speed Mode

400, 900, 1400 MHz

60 mi 64-768 kbps

Subrate

400, 900, 1400 MHz

60 mi 2-8 Mbps Fullrate

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Commercial ServicesThe MDS Wireless Services Group (WSG) offers a wide range of services to assist our customers with their wireless communications and networking requirements.

Wireless System DevelopmentOur team of highly-qualified engineers manage the design, installation, integration, commissioning, and training for complete end-to-end projects.

Engineering ServicesOur engineers have extensive domestic and international experience with commercial, industrial, and government systems and offer a full range of engineering services.

Training: In-class and On-siteWe provide customers with the high-quality training and certifications required to be safe, efficient and successful. Our courses cover topics such as the fundamentals of wireless communications and product training.

Racks & Custom EnclosuresOur equipment integration designs are developed with detailed attention to equipment placement and accessibility.

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AccessoriesTo ensure our customers get the maximum performance from their wireless devices, we provide a complete line of reliable and cost-effective accessories that are fully tested to perform at optimal levels, and maintain product warranties. We simplify wireless system design by providing a convenient single source for ordering.

AntennasMDS provides a full range of antennas to fit every specification and budget.

Lighting ArrestorsPreparation is the best course of action when protecting wireless devices against lightning strikes.

RF Essentials KitsThe MDS RF Essential Kits provide an easy-to-order wireless package.

Ethernet SwitchesMultiLink Ethernet switches are extremely cost effective solutions for high speed networking.

Power SuppliesPower supplies not only allow customers to increase the efficiency of their wireless system, but they can also help protect against power system overloads.

MultiplexersOur line of SONET, T1 and SDH access multiplexers provide voice, data, teleprotection, Ethernet WAN and video application solutions.

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Our products deliver application specific solutions across multiple industries

Energy We provide electric utilities worldwide with wireless solutions to monitor and control vital processes in the development and transmission of electricity.

Oil & Gas We provide the industry with wireless solutions for monitoring and controlling vital production and delivery processes.

Specifically designed for the utility market, the DGT Distributed Generation Trip Control is a wireless transfer trip solution that enables fast and secure disconnect of renewable energy generators from the electrical power grid.

Fast Wireless Transfer Trip Serial data is available from the PLCs

and RTUs located along gas pipelines. A single MDS data acquisition hub can communicate to hundreds of different remote pipeline locations. By using multiple hubs, pipeline customers transmit data from thousands of locations to a central control station.

Remote Gas Pipeline Monitoring

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Our products deliver application specific solutions across multiple industries

Water & Wastewater We provide a full range of wireless devices for many applications including monitoring vital water flows, and sending control signals to pipes, valves and pumps.

This MDS data acquisition solution monitors dozens of remote water treatment tank levels. The system uses ultra-low power mesh radios that can operate on internal power for 5 years. Tank level data is collected at the wireless gateway and transmitted to a remote data center using a cell radio and a public carrier.

Ultra-Low Power Tank Level Monitoring

Transportation We provide wide area coverage over miles upon miles of highway and track worldwide for condition monitoring, signaling, switch control and linking of infrastructure control locations. This includes remote locomotive control, dispatch systems and traffic monitoring.

The MDS LOCOTROL RCL is the easiest to use and most capable system available for wireless control of locomotives. This lightweight and ergonomic controller worn by operators provides long range precision speed control for up to 20 trains and 40 operators.

Remote Control Locomotive

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Our products deliver application specific solutions across multiple industries

Public Safety First responders require mobile data access for dispatch systems, backup systems, voting receivers, simulcast systems, last-mile access, and backhaul between control centers and access points.

One of our mobile data solutions uses MDS Mercury devices in vehicles to connect over 2000 vehicles in 7 municipalities to essential first response data. Law enforcement, fire, and ambulances have a reliable network to access criminal databases, video, and geographic data.

Mobile Data Networks for First Response

Heavy Industrial The Petrochemical, Mining and Metals and Agriculture industries leverage our wireless solutions to extend LANs for industrial control, monitor in-plant assets for optimization and regulatory compliance and cost-effectively implement safety and security systems.

I/O signals from remote sensors and serial data from PLCs are handled simultaneously on this MDS system at one of North America’s largest surface mines. PLC’s collect signals wirelessly from seismic sensors connected at 25 remote radios to control mining vehicle traffic and facility access during unsafe conditions.

Surface Mine Condition Monitoring