MasTec Ltd
The Ingenious Devices and Smart Works Company

May-June 2009              Circulation 17,000+ World-wide                Edition # 92

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A New Layout for Winter,

When I worked in the UK some years back, one of the most successful Technical Product Advertising Campaigns, run by a company similar to MasTec.

This was the brain child of a smart marketing director and it was simply this:- a magazine page displaying a series of small boxes with product pictures and bingo # in text below it.

When you received your mag there was a bingo card inside you filled in and mailed back to the publisher who in turn sent it to the company and they sent the info by snail mail. Sometimes you lucked out by receiving a large catalog, but mostly simple brochures.

So I thought why not try this as a new way to make an eNewsletter, since the web is excellent with these mediums. (We could even add voice and video on each of the picts also but that may be too much)

So here it is for a trial run. Let us know what you think of this.

A new distribution in place.

Cotek - Taiwan's Premier Inverter maker

Cotek has come back to MasTec after an absence of 5 years. MasTec introduced Cotek to NZ back in the late 90s.

Cotek make an extremely nice range of eco products; - Inverters, Power Supplies, AC Transfer Switch Inverters and three stage battery Chargers.

Click on the "Little Bites" picture later for that info.

A New Service

As we mentioned last month, we are finding many small start up companies are having difficulty exposing their products to the market.

Next product

 Our second exposure for this month is from Infranet Systems, a New Zealand company that is releasing:-

Web - IP Based, Infrastructure Monitoring and Control Systems - Web Viewing.

This series of products called "Infranet Cyber" have been in the design phase for over two years and field trialed during that time also.

There are two major products:- Basically the same device, configured specifically..

First release

A Marine based system for monitoring and controlling mobile or stationary infrastructure on the sea/water.

Each site/boat/yacht/ship will have a localised intelligent controller connected to a 3G or GPRS router reporting to a web server that allow management both on shore or off shore, to view using a standard browser. On board there are various direct system screen options for on board viewing and inputs ( No Browser required).

Configuration for each of the various craft's remote end points for monitoring or controlling is done on the web site at purchase time and can be changed and upgraded by the end user.

Monitoring and controlling allows the fuel, water, engine systems, and catering supplies all to be viewed as the craft is moving. This allows an inventory of supplies to be at port whern the craft arrives for replentishing.

It is even possible to build a passage chart and download from the browser into the craft's navigation system. This is routes to take etc for automatic steerage.

GPS also allows following and mapping the craft as it moves.

Information such as headings, speed, even pitch, yaw and roll can be viewed.

As a marine infrastructure management tool this is unique and as a security device essential.

Security systems will allow for continous monitoring of access to the craft and SMS and emails will be issued if triggered.

Second Release

Fundamentally a water management system for land, but with a large swath of other abilities.

Typical sites :- for golf courses, large park areas, apartments, houses on tank or well water, schools, prisons, farms, hospitals and other facilities that have need for water monitoring due to government requirements.

Of particular interest to many is the remote rental holiday house/resort/asset that need long distance monitoring and control. This can be anywhere on the earth.

Complete customisable control of water resources, such as running pumps, tank levels, well levels, water usage, UV steriliser performance can all be monitored on a browser and SMS and email alarms can be sent if a system gets out of spec.

This land package also can be used at the same time for security, energy management, generator control, aircondition monitoring, alternative power systems.

An array of transducers are available to connect to the monitoring system s well as relays, SSRs and FETS for control.

Serial streaminf is also possible from devices with parss extracting data.

Connection is via ADSL or if not available 3G or lastly GPRS.

Link to Infranet Systems

I am interested in this

Some Interesting Highlights for this month are:-

         Frequency Devices - MasTec has been marketing Frequency Devices Filters for 10 years now.

         Axiomatic keeps expanding their machine control systems, electro hydraulic, Canbus and more

Wireless Primer in case you missed it last month

And Next
The " Little Bites eNewsletter "
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 Introducing Cotek
 

 Teleco Rack Inverters

 Sinewave Inverters

 Eco Inverters - Power Saving Modes

SR Series
24/48VDC 1000 watts

S Series
12/24/48VDC 150-1500 watts

SK Series
12/24/48VDC 150-3000 watts

 Inverter + AC Transfer Switch

 Remote Controls

 Battery Chargers

ST Series
12/24/48VDC 600-2500 watts

CR5/6/7
Inverter Remote Controls

 

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BP & CK Series
12 & 24 VDC 3 & 4 Stages up to 15Amps

 

 

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 Power Supplies -- efficient

 Power Supplies - PFC

 Power Supplies - PFC

GE Series
88-264VAC 25-150 watts
3.3, 5, 12, 15, 24, 48 VDC

AK Series
90-264VAC 75-3000 watts
5, 12, 15, 24, 48 VDC


U & P & N Series
180-260VAC 600-2400 watts
5 > 60 VDC


 

 More Product News
 

 Wireless

 Comms

 PAC & PLCs

Digi -Sarian Routers Gateways
3G-GPRS-WiFi -Ethernet - ADSL

 A host of excellent comms products
Single Chip High Performance - PCIe +++

 Mini PAC -Several levels

 iDigi is the way to integrate Wireless
Digi Zigbee - Routers - Gateways - DIA

UPS Serial to SNMP Adaptors

 Low Cost PLCs
Intelligent LCD & Keys
Expansion to 50 plus I/O

 GPIB Cables & Instruments

 Electro Hydraulic

 Encoders

 
GPIB & Delphi + GPIB to VXI Conversion
USB <> GPIB

 Interface Electronic -Hydraulics

 Micros with Quadrature Encoder Inputs

 Arbitrary Function Generator
USB & Ethernet

 Canbus for Vehicles

 Encoders Rotary and Linear
Increment & Abs

 UPS

 LED Lighting

 Solar & Alternative Power

 UPS Sale
UPS 500VA & 700VA

 LED Lighting

  Wind Turbine
200watt - 100Kwatt

Powercom

 LED Traffic Lights

  Solar Panels

 Medical

 Loggers

 Data Acquisition

Physiology and Anatomy
Teaching and Training Software

A world leader in all types

The world leader in Low Cost DAQ Systems
 

Ear Microscopes

 Temperature Loggers & More

 USB 8 Channel Encoder
 
     



MasTec Staff Contacts :-

 Functions

 Handle

Pronunciation

 MasTec Ltd    

 Administration

 Saera.Moala@mastecnz.co.nz

Sara Moala

 Spot Buy Sales - All products

 Saera.Moala@mastecnz.co.nz

Sara Moala

 OEM accounts liason and logistics

 Saera.Moala@mastecnz.co.nz

Sara Moala

     

 OEM Automation Instrumentation Wireless Manager

 loyal.noronha@mastecnz.co.nz

Loyal Noronha

 Automation Instrumentation Wireless Sales

 loyal.noronha@mastecnz.co.nz

Loyal Noronha

     

 OEM LED Lighting Manager

 Saera.Moala@mastecnz.co.nz

Sara Moala

 LED Sales

 Saera.Moala@mastecnz.co.nz

Sara Moala

     

 OEM Power Manager

 dhara.pandya@mastecnz.co.nz

Dara Pandya

 Power and Alternative Power Sales

 dhara.pandya@mastecnz.co.nz

Dara Pandya

 Power Dealers

 dhara.pandya@mastecnz.co.nz

Dara Pandya

     

 Strategic Marketing

 marketing@mastecnz.co.nz    

 Jeannie Murdoch

All info requests from the news letter

 info@mastecnz.co.nz    

 Jeannie Murdoch
     
 Smart Work Systems    

Product Development for SWS
All types of systems using Instrumentation, Automation, Transducers, Wireless, Micro and PC

 rob.maskell@mastecnz.co.nz

Rob Maskell & Hayden

Software Development
LabVIEW, Dynamic C, Python and PLCs

 rob.maskell@mastecnz.co.nz

Rob Maskell & Kim

     
 AC~DC Power Ltd    

General Sales & Dealers

 voltage@acdcpower.co.nz

Dara Pandya

     

Administration & Accounting

 power@acdcpower.co.nz

Jeannie Murdoch

Please send Rob Maskell in Marketing any updates on company details, any new staff members etc

Please contact our staff for any products, Loyal, Saera, Dhara are always pleased to help


Wireless Primer

Now th eguys at B&B are pretty switched on cookies and they just released this excellent info on wirless, I believe should be available to all. It is public domain ut still I want to acknowledge them as the writers and authors to the public domain.

They have blogged it -- so happy reading and using.

The link for the Blog

Just scroll down a bit and you will hit this excellent work.


Some other important or useful links

Rabbit Forum - Rabbit
Rabbit Appnotes - Rabbit
Rabbit Webinars - Rabbit
Rabbit White Papers - Rabbit
Rabbit Documentation - Rabbit
Rabbit Ask Larry Column - Rabbit
Rabbit New Downloads and C math code examples etc - Rabbit  


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