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What architecture is Sub.net based on?
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Sub.net is an embedded Technology system providing a complete and effective platform for information gathering, configuration, and reporting within a single hardware footprint. Sub.net uses a proprietary soft core processor architecture which offers high performance with low power consumption. This has the added advantage of minimising network security risks.

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Why use Sub.net for my power system?
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Information processing Speed, Information delivery Speed and detailed Reporting of what is really happening within the Electrical system

Sub.net uniquely offers a system that integrates a wide range of functions which acquire the source data, analyse, classify and prioritise the results, create clear formatted reports and emails them directly to users without the need for any centralised hardware or software. That is the power of sub.net embedded monitoring.

The key processes within sub.net are to – MonitorAnalyseInform.

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What makes Sub.net such an effective device within the Electrical system?
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Sub.net provides a multi-tier analysis methodology through its wide range of monitoring functions for different application areas

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How does Sub.net’s multi-tier analysis work?
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Sub.net provides information on in various layers such as; Threshold Occurrences which have occurred, RMS high speed logging over a 14 day time period, Trend recording over a 26 week time period and real time visibility of system values within the Electrical system.

These various layers work together to allow an Engineer to determine the health and to decipher any anomalies within the Electrical system.

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What benefit does a multi-tier analysis approach provide me?
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With most Electrical systems disturbances occur all the time but we don’t notice them because the majority don’t impact us directly or immediately. Devices connected to the Electrical system are continually under these stresses which can cause electronic erosion within these devices eventually resulting in malfunctions and failures.

Sub.net continually scans the network and reports on these conditions providing advanced warning of pending problems allowing remediation forecasts to take place.

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How do I access Sub.net?
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Sub.net is based on a platform that is accessed using an Internet Browser, making information available worldwide through the Internet-VPN or local Intranet.

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Do I need to be a software programmer, electronic or electrical engineer to use Sub.net?
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No, embedded within the Sub.net unit is a User configuration platform that is simple to learn and simple to use.

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How does Sub.net communicate to me?
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The Sub.net embedded architecture is installed with SMTP emailing built in, sending detailed reports within emails complete with Tables and Waveform graphics included within the body of the email, as well as Comtrade (IEEE standard format) or CSV attachments. Reports are sent to your email Inbox (PC, Smart phone and Tablets) for analysis and action. and are structured to provide useable information for both management and line engineers.

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I have a SCADA system, what is the difference?
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SCADA is as a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system. Sub.net does not control but only monitors. SCADA systems include a combination of hardware and software components. The SCADA hardware components (RTU/PLC) gather and feed data into a central computer(s)that runs the SCADA software, which is called a Master Slave configuration. Sub.net is a self-contained system that can talk to SCADA but does not need RTUs or Computers (Master/Slave) to do its job. This results in a system with less Hardware and less Software, enhanced reporting performance, reduction in costs and ease and flexibility of deployment and re-deployment.

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I have a SCADA system, won’t that do the same thing?
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SCADA systems store large amounts of data for processing by the computer software and this data needs to be sourced, accessed, filtered, constructed and then populated into a report format by a skilled SCADA practitioner. In an analysis of the root cause of a problem within an Electrical system, this process may take a considerable amount of time for an organization that has personnel which typically perform multiple tasks and are “time poor”.

Focus tends to be on the actual event and not on the preceding incidences and other indicators which lead to the event.

Through Sub.net’s multi-tier analysis methodology, preceding incidences are recorded and detailed reports are issued directly to the personnel involved.

This allows for early warning detection of the potential problem and remediation can be taken to reduce or remove the threat and increase the resilience of the site.

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I have a SCADA system, can I connect Sub.net to it?
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Yes, Sub.net’s flexible architecture continues to send detailed high level information to key personnel and simultaneously provides parameter data to the SCADA system.

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Can you tell me more about Sub.net’s ability for simultaneous operation as a Standalone system and still be connected to SCADA like systems?
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Sub.net provides an ability to operate as a standalone independent reporting system by PUSHING information via LAN, Intranet, Internet/VPN networks, utilizing email SMTP and HTTP web protocols for delivery of pre-complied detailed reports quickly which is used in breakdown alerts, maintenance and management reporting, configuration and real time visibility of assessments.

Sub.net also provides an ability to simultaneously operate as a Slave RTU (remote terminal unit) providing data via protocols such as RS485 Modbus, DNP 3, Modbus TCP and RTU over TCP interfaces by having SCADA like systems PULL binary/parameter data from registries within Sub.net for storage within Master Computer systems.

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How secure is.Sub.net from Viruses?
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Sub.net includes strong Cyber Security credentials. Sub.net is based on the eMS proprietary computing platform, and avoids unsafe commercial operating systems. Sub.net is never in danger from malicious software such as viruses or malware, or security patch maintenance management worries.