SALEM, N.H. and SYDNEY, Australia, April 7, 2008.
PRESS RELEASE
Newpoint Technologies, Inc. and Clearbox Systems Pty. Ltd today announced the introduction of the new nControl product to allow management of small sites that previously were cost prohibitive to effectively manage remotely. nControl is an innovative, cost effective entrant into the market specifically designed to be the complete solution for small remote sites. Usually, these sites are unmanned and as such, it is expensive and time consuming to dispatch technicians to the site to resolve problems, but previously there were no cost effective solutions available on the market to remotely monitor and control these sites.
“The partnership between Clearbox and Newpoint with the introduction of the nControl product will allow customers to manage sites that were previously too small to economically monitor and control remotely.” stated Wally Martland, President of Newpoint, “Operators will be able to easily and rapidly remotely manage and recover these sites without incurring the high costs of dispatching technicians to recover routine failures, providing an immediate return on their investment.”
Each nControl module consists of a low power, industrial CPU with dual isolated serial and Ethernet ports. A removable SD card allows software and configuration to be moved from module to module, making replacing units or deploying new sites very quick and easy. The SD Card also houses the powerful Newpoint Compass(TM) Software Suite. nControl’s low power design (<10W) and broad input voltage range makes it an ideal choice especially in sites that have power constraints.
Compass(TM) provides an extensive driver library which includes support for over 700 different devices ranging from transmitters, microwave radios, UPS and power generators, to standard earth station equipment. Compass also has an SNMP manager which allows the nControl unit to monitor SNMP compatible equipment such as routers, bridges, and firewalls. The Compass SNMP Agent allows data from the remote site to be made available to other management applications. nControl neatly integrates with existing Compass installations by supporting Newpoint’s centralized system administration and management software.
“By combining a small, resilient module with the experience and stability of Newpoint’s Compass software suite, nControl offers exciting new possibilities for operators of smaller sites. This new approach means that for many customers, monitoring and control can reach further out into a network than was previously feasible because of cost constraints.” said Paul Solomon, President of Clearbox Systems.
nControl will be displayed on the Newpoint Technologies stand, Booth C9837 Central Hall, at the NAB Show, in Las Vegas from April 14-17th 2008.
About Clearbox Systems
Clearbox Systems Pty. Ltd, is an Australian firm proudly developing market leading technology for the satellite, broadcast, and telecommunications industries. Clearbox Systems has specialist knowledge in product development and years of experience in remote control and monitoring. Clearbox Systems provides a range of services including software development, hardware design, project management and turnkey design and installation of remote monitoring and control solutions.
About Newpoint Technologies
Newpoint Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Integral Systems, Inc., is an industry leader in Satellite and Terrestrial Network Management Systems for control of data, Internet, broadcast, telecom, and hybrid networks. Newpoint has also been the industry’s dominant supplier of software and hardware for remote site management products. Newpoint’s principal customers are commercial satellite operators, telecommunications companies, broadcasters, and broadband service providers. Newpoint delivers a range of services, from out-of-the-box software to complete turnkey solutions that manage large enterprise-level infrastructure systems.
About Integral Systems
Founded in 1982, Integral Systems is a leading provider of satellite ground systems and has supported more than 205 different satellite missions for communications, science, meteorological, and earth resource applications. Integral Systems was the first company to offer an integrated suite of Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) software products for satellite command and control: the EPOCH Integrated Product Suite (IPS) product line. EPOCH IPS has become the world market leader in commercial applications with successful installations on five continents.
Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, SAT Corporation, Integral Systems provides satellite and terrestrial communications signal monitoring systems to satellite operators and users throughout the world. Through its Newpoint Technologies, Inc., subsidiary, Integral Systems also provides software for equipment monitoring and control to satellite operators, broadcasters, and telecommunications firms. Integral Systems’ RT Logic subsidiary builds telemetry processing systems for military applications, including tracking stations, control centers, and range operations. Integral Systems’ Lumistar, Inc., subsidiary provides system- and board-level telemetry acquisition products. Integral Systems has approximately 500 employees working at its headquarters in Lanham, MD, and at other locations in the U.S. and Europe. For more information, visit http://www.integ.com.
Clearbox Systems is pleased to announce that it is exhibiting at the 2009 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Conference and Exhibition.
