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News Launch of GPS Tracker July 2007NHDS launch new battery based tracking unit. The Tracker uses a GSM modem and the GPS satellite system to provide location reports of equipment without requiring external power. The unit is designed to determine its location at regular intervals (e.g. hourly, daily, etc) and to forward these reports, either in real-time or as a groups of readings to a central host using either SMS text messages or GPRS data. Currently, the unit is customised to report to individual customer's own host systems but a new NHDS mapping host is currently in development. The unit can last more than 3 years on it's internal battery before a replacement is required. Battery life can be extended further by reducing the amount of readings taken and the frequency with which they are reported. Applications include asset tracking and vehicle location where no power source is available. 
Waste Watcher scheme extended to cover all stores nationwide
A major UK
retailer has opted to roll out their Waste Watcher compactor monitoring
scheme to include most of their major stores throughout the UK as a
result of a successful initial scheme. Exclusive distributors of
the Waste Watcher, Systematic Servicing Ltd, have now placed an order
for several hundred units to be fitted to compactors around the country.
It has been found
that the initial system has made significant savings in the costs of
waste collection by reducing the amount of collections being made for
each monitored compactor. This has had the additional affect of
reducing carbon emissions for waste collection services.
Over the last few
months the system has been tailored to provide a customised
service. This has produced additional benefits such as being able
to detect faulty compactors which would not otherwise have been spotted
and being able to provide back-up alerts based upon an individual
compactor's usage history when the main alerts are unavailable due
to compactor faults.. The system also monitors trends in the
monitored units, working out how frequently individual compactors
require emptying, how many strokes it takes to become full and then
raising alerts when sites vary from their normal usage.
Scheme to monitor compactors at major retail outlet
Systematic Servicing, the UK
distributor for the Waste Watcher unit, has placed an order for a
major system to monitor compactor levels for a major retail
outlet. The
system reports the status of the compactor to a central host system,
which in turn sends emails reporting status and requesting waste
collections when the compactor is nearly full
to members of staff. The system automatically generates and
emails a number of reports which aids the waste collection management
for this customer.
By only arranging waste collections
when necessary, significant savings are made from
the reduction of the number of collections made previously. Overall
the system will improve operational efficiency, reduce transport costs,
improve customer service and reduce environmental impact.
NHDS develop an MS4 sign driver 04-02-2005 NHDS have been intrinsically involved in
the design and development of traffic control systems for over a decade.
Our Sign Drivers have been controlling Highways Agency Variable Message
Signs (VMS) as well as proprietary signage since 1994. Working initially
with Serco Systems, and latterly Signature, NHDS have continued to design,
develop and manufacture Sign Drivers capable of controlling the whole
range of Highways Agency overhead VMS Signs, up to and including the new
MS4 series.
Based on the well proven M61 product, to date over 3,500 M61’s have been deployed. The M61-96 meter reader has been developed to meet the environmentally harsh requirements of the water meter reading environment. The M61-96 is self-contained and requires no external power source.
Latin America Proves Successful for NHDS 18-11-2004 ESSBIO S.A. the Chilean Water Utility, owned by Thames Water, has
placed an order with Simelco Ltda, NHDS’s recently appointed distributor
in Chile, for their GSM remote monitoring products. The units will report
equipment status and alarm conditions from remote water treatment plants
to the host software located within ESSBIO’s central control rooms. Two
host terminals, equipped to communicate with 500 units each, will be
installed with first phase of remote monitoring units.
> Waste Watcher Set To Cut Compactor Costs 19-02-2004 Waste Watcher benefits everyone in the waste circle. Once the compactor is full, the contractor is informed via an existing PC or by email or text message, and a vehicle can be despatched or re-routed. This cuts down on part-load journeys, improves vehicle movement planning and, for recyclable collections where transport costs are recovered through the value of the material collected, it is now possible to ensure lorries are sent to collect full loads only. The producer can be informed too, giving advanced warning that a lorry be will be arriving on site and ensuring minimum disruption. And for the supplier or maintainer, the system reports and details immediate faults ensuring an engineer is sent when required with prior knowledge of the nature of the problem and the equipment and parts to fix it.
> ISO9001:2000 Achieved 22-01-2004 Quality is something NHDS take very seriously, as the business has been built on providing quality products and services. To endorse this the company has attained ISO9001:2000 status. Commenting on the achievement Tim Hernon, head of operations and a partner at NHDS, states "I take comfort in attaining ISO9001:2000, but what is more encouraging is the speed at which we attained it. This clearly demonstrates our business procedures were in good shape from the outset."
> NHDS Release a PSTN version of Messenger 61. 17-09-2003 Until now NHDS have enjoyed enormous success with their Messenger 61 product which was designed to monitor volt free contacts, reporting status alarms in real time over the GSM network. Alarms are received either by a host PC installed with the NHDS software or interfaced directly with the clients LAN or SCADA network.
NHDS and CXR announce a strategic partnership. 19-06-2003 NHDS has entered into a strategic partnership with CXR Anderson Jacobson (France) to offer a range of end-to-end remote monitoring and host software solutions to the French marketplace. The partnership complements CXR’s current products in the field of ‘Transmission and Network Access solutions’ with the NHDS ‘Messenger’ range of products, designed to give operational visibility to remote and often mission critical assets. In return NHDS will benefit from the cutting edge technology developed by CXR and its associate companies within Microtel International Inc. NHDS and CXR have worked together for over 10 years bringing together their design and development expertise in the communications sector. A clearly visible example of the long-standing relationship was the joint development and production of sign drivers for the Variable Message Signs, currently being installed throughout Britain’s motorway network.
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