Load Control for Industrial
From the range of Quasar Control solutions, Quasar Control Industrial Edition (QCI) is a powerful, highly flexible "Control Engine" providing intelligent load control. QCI puts you in control of your company's energy use and provides you with an intuitive and easy to use interface backed by industry leading functionality.
Features & Benefits
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Comprehensive & Simple Configuration
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Configuration for all components of the system is available putting you in control of the setup, maintenance and day to day management of load control. All configuration is supported by a comprehensive user guide.
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Interval Control Management
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Interval Control Management is user configurable to ensure your equipment is shed/unshed in an orderly fashion, protecting your site from sudden power drops/surges and ensuring a general smooth operation.
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Energy Pricing
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Energy Pricing allows you to setup your pricing schedule as provided by your energy provider. This allows for fixed pricing schedules including the ability to manage pricing by business day, configurable time periods, i.e. 4 hour periods, holiday exclusions and any other variation your energy provider uses.
In addition, you can subscribe to the New Zealand WITS Electricity Market feed to use the latest market pricing information. |
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Target Models
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Target models are created allowing specific targets for specific periods, dates and days of weeks. Multiple targets can be created and setup for different date ranges or targeting specific groups of devices. Targets are also broken down into 30 minute intervals but are configured by exception so that the setup is very quick and easy to view and understand.
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Communications
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Multiple communications protocols are supported and provided by default. Additional communication protocols are available upon request. Quasar Control Industrial Edition comes with:
Available as options are also:
Also available as an option is support for redundant communications meaning if one communication medium fails, the system can choose alternate methods to manage the important functions of your equipment. |
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Data Interface
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The Data Interface provides the ability for Quasar Control Industrial Edition to perform as a slave meaning external systems can read and write to the Quasar Control and see/control information including system health, status, individual device information, targets and much more. This is especially useful for systems which don't support operation as a client and can only operate as master systems. Examples are SCADA systems, External Reporting Systems and any other system that supports the protocols provided.
For Quasar Control Industrial Edition, this is an optional extra using Modbus RTU/TCP. |
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Interval Rules Library
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The Interval Rules Library allows you to drag and drop rules into a hierarchy to manage either your site, a parent group (with multiple control groups) or a individual control group. Each interval rule allows the use of either a target model, external target input or no target model and therefore simply a logic decision. Each rule can also be setup to work based upon specific schedules and also trigger control periods whereby entire device groups are shutdown for high cost periods. The types of interval rules are described in more detail in the User Guide. The following rule types exist:
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Dashboards
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The graphical dashboards have been designed to be user friendly, easy to navigate, highly configurable and enable quick access to load control information. When not logged in, the dashboards can be configured to automatically display as a slideshow. With an extensive library of drag and drop dashboard objects available, all your dashboard requirements will be met.
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Reporting
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The reporting tool provides a range of scheduled and ad-hoc reporting that is easily tailored to suit business requirements. These reports can be viewed, exported or emailed automatically as required. The Reporting Package Compiler can pull together all the reports you want, along with external documents into a single report. Once setup, the Reporting Package Compiler minimises the effort required to produce regular presentable reports to the respective audiences. Reports are also able to be exported in a format that can be utilised by other programs if required.
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Industrial Edition Product Codes & Details
Quasar Control Industrial Edition (QCI) is available at 3 levels to suit your business needs. For a free trial, please contact us.
QCI-10 |
QCI-20 |
QCI-50 |
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Control Points/Devices (1) |
10 |
20 |
50 |
Input Points/Devices |
30 |
60 |
Unlimited |
Control Groups |
3 |
6 |
Unlimited |
Parent Groups |
2 |
Unlimited |
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Energy Target Modeller |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Industrial Rules Library |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Active Rules |
5 |
10 |
Unlimited |
Reporting With Scheduler |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Reporting Package Compiler |
Value |
Yes |
Yes |
Communication - Industrial Library (2) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Communication - OPC Client |
Optional |
Optional |
Optional |
WITS Electricity Market Pricing Import |
Optional |
Yes |
Yes |
Data Interface - Modbus RTU/TCP |
Optional |
Optional |
Optional |
(1) - Systems with more than 50 control points/devices is possible and available on request
(2) - Modbus-RTU, Modbus-TCP, Allen Bradley and support for all major PLC brands on request
(2) - Modbus-RTU, Modbus-TCP, Allen Bradley and support for all major PLC brands on request
