Remote Control Applications

Remote facility monitoring

No one here but everything under control - The remote facility monitoring of warehouses, cold storage rooms, sensitive infrastructure or empty vacation homes is not a challenge for Barix.

With Barix technology on site, your maintenance or security personnel can be supported or even replaced. The programmable telecontroller, called Barix Barionet, monitors your property and even reacts when something goes wrong.

The Barix Barionet can be controlled by a PC and transmit system status, humidity, temperature and system data as well as other relevant information over email or optional sms at user defined time intervals. If something goes wrong the connected sensors are able to activate remote alarming over an RS-485 interface to the server. The Barionet is a remote facility monitoring device that is able to automatically inform the server if a sensor or connected device has failed.

PV (photovoltaic) system monitoring

Barix in the Tropics - The Fiji islands are blanketed by sunlight. The company Telecom Fiji Ltd. decided to take advantage of the abundant sunlight by transforming it into a usable energy source with the help of solar panels on some of the islands.

The company needed a PV system monitoring solution to monitor the status of the panels located on different islands in a very hot and humid climate.

The system retailer BP Solar together with system integrator VsatCom of New Zealand found a PV monitoring solution based on satellite communication in which Barix plays an important role. The Barix Barionet module which interfaces analog and digitally is being used on all of the installations for two very important functions. The Barionet controls and monitors the intelligent gateway communication between the battery management controller and the satellite. Furthermore, it also works as a bodyguard by initiating an alarm over satellite uplink to the central server where the data is archived and controlled through SCADA.

Remote data collection

Production facilities which are equipped with German company Kaba Benzing’s remote data collection systems are highly intelligent thanks to Barix technology.

The Barix Barionet monitors the operation and collects data such as production units, run-time, down-time or any other necessary data. The Barionet remote data collection system transmits the production data over standard network infrastructure to the main server.

In case the network is down, the Barionet stores the information and tries to transmit it at a later time.

Brains for movie theater seats

Contemporary witnesses of World War II were interviewed about their experiences for a Swiss national exhibition. These interviews were then edited and produced into movies to be shown throughout Switzerland in a travelling exhibition.

Thanks to Barix, the viewers are able to choose by vote what movie they want to see. The system works by using Barix Barionet modules that act as the control elements which are mounted in every seat. The device allows the user to select the movie and his choice is then transmitted online to a central PC. After the movie selection has been made, the system talks back to the Barix Barionets to inform the users which movie received the most votes and is going to be shown.

Industrial automation - Universal gateway with drive
Universal gateway with drive - To be successful in the automobile industry you must be flexible, profitable and efficient; attributes that precisely match those of Barix.

It is not surprising that the global leader of automobile production automation uses a Barix gateway for industrial automation facilities, such as collecting and processing production and machine data. The Barix industrial automation gateway is a powerful device offering TCP tunnel and UDP datagrams over RS-232 for serial data, a Modbus/TCP bridge and remote dialling capabilities.

The technology of Barix plays a vital role in the industrial automation propelling the customers forward, ahead of the rest in the competitive market of today.