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Industry: Public Service

Product: SW5001

Site location: Walnut Creek

End User: Police Department

Case Overview,

The shooting practice room in the police department has a controller station which manage the targets that police shooting at. The system uses a RS232 Serial Interface links to a desktop PC for the officer to set up the shooting target. The problem is the control system has to be near the targets which is noises and potentially dangerous for people to be closed to the targets. The original thought is to use laptop in distance to remote log in the desktop PC to control the targets remotely. However, since the desktop pc that links to the control system is old, they will need to replace the desktop PC to achieve the remote login solution.

Application Requirements,

1. Managing the control system without replacing the old desktop PC or control the target control system directly through its Serial port remotely.

2. Achieve the above with a cost-efficient solution.

What were done by Atop,

1. GW212 was provided by ATop to successfully convert Serial RS232 to IEEE802.11g; through an ready existed access point, the police office can remotely manage the target control system from a laptop which is 500 feet away.

2. On an original remote access solution, the project will cost at least $600 to replace a new computer and set up a Wondows Remote Desktop for remote control through a laptop “only”. Serial-to-Wireless, SW5001, cost $189 and the solution eliminates the desktop PC completely to simplified the connection between the control system and laptop.

System Topology

Key Success factors,

1. SW5001 acts as a bridge between the target control system and laptop. It allows the user to achieve true remote manage the shooting targets from safely distant.

2. Remove the old desktop completely and achieve cost effective solution.