Utilities
Made in the USA: Engage products are used by public and private utilities to ensure the reliable and cost effective transport of critical information.
Migrate RTU / Data Center circuits to packet network with minimal disruption
Secure and reliable transport of critical power station notifications
Cost effective radio traffic backhaul over fiber network
Protect sensitive voice, data and video interoffice communications from risk of interception and abuse.
Innovative and Cost Effective Solutions
Whether it’s redundant data center connectivity, migration from end of life circuits to packet networks, or making networks more secure; Engage helps Utilities meet the challenges of continuous power delivery, and NERC recommendations and standards.
Our products provide the Utility industry with innovative and cost effective solutions that connect network elements, protect critical circuits and secure network traffic and cryptographic keys. We have a quarter-century of experience developing, manufacturing, and supporting solutions that are critical to our customer’s operations.
Success Story
New York City Transit Fare Collection
Recognizing the increased risk to the nation’s energy grid, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), with approval from Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), established the need for back-up control centers with redundant and diverse connectivity. To assist in meeting these needs, Engage Communication has developed evolved models of its popular circuit emulationIP•Tube product line that facilitate critical Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition SCADA infrastructure protection.
The IP•Tube seamlessly connects existing RTU and control center equipment to an advanced IP infrastructure, provides diverse and redundant transport paths, includes critical equipment redundancy, and integrates the instantaneous detection of both the main and back-up SCADA Control Centers.
Highlighted Solutions
• Opportunity: Large Utility to convert RTU / Data Center circuits to packet network with automatic switchover between multiple Data Centers.
•Solution: Saved CAPEX and OPEX by retaining existing RTUs using Engage IP•Tube Serial to packet converters with automatic protection switching and SCADA protocol transparency.
•Result: Highly resilient RTU / Data Center packet network cost effectively deployed and fully operational in short period of time.
Utilities Industry Feedback
“We can bring up sites using Conitel at 1200 BPS, and sites using DNP3 at 9600 BPS. Engage calls this transparent SCADA transport. I call it amazing.”
“Utilities expose themselves to substantial risk when they continue to rely on Telco’s existing circuits.
The time to initiate efforts to manage the migration, if not already in motion, is now,”
