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MORSE system is a unique communication system developed by
RACOM
RACOM is a Czech company specializing in design and production of radio modems, GPRS/EDGE/UMTS routers and microwave links. Its headquarters is located in Nové Město na Moravě in the Czech Republic.
History
The core of company started even bef ...
. The system has been primarily designed for narrow band
radio modem
Radio modems are modems that transfer data wirelessly across a range of up to tens of kilometres.
Using radio modems is a modern way to create Private Radio Networks (PRN). Private radio networks are used in critical industrial applications, when r ...
s. However, it has been extended for the next communication channels afterwards: IP (any network using UDP/IP, e.g. Internet) and
GPRS
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a packet oriented mobile data standard on the 2G and 3G cellular communication network's global system for mobile communications (GSM). GPRS was established by European Telecommunications Standards Insti ...
UMTS
The Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is a third generation mobile cellular system for networks based on the GSM standard. Developed and maintained by the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project), UMTS is a component of the Inte ...
.
The system is used primarily for communication in
SCADA
Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) is a control system architecture comprising computers, networked data communications and graphical user interfaces for high-level supervision of machines and processes. It also covers sensors and ...
&
Telemetry
Telemetry is the in situ data collection, collection of measurements or other data at remote points and their automatic data transmission, transmission to receiving equipment (telecommunication) for monitoring. The word is derived from the Gr ...
,
Fleet management
Fleet management is the management of:
* Commercial motor vehicles such as cars, vans, trucks, specialist vehicles (such as mobile construction machinery), forklifts, and trailers
* Private vehicles used for work purposes (the 'grey fleet')
* Avi ...
and transaction &
financial networks A financial network is a concept describing any collection of financial entities (such as traders, firms, banks and financial exchanges) and the links between them, ideally through direct transactions or the ability to mediate a transaction. A com ...
.
There are more than 70
automation protocols
This is a list of communication protocols used for the automation of processes (industrial or otherwise), such as for building automation, power-system automation, automatic meter reading, and vehicular automation.
Process automation protocols
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implemented in MORSE system. Some of them are implemented in “cache mode”, when there is a mirror of data from all RTU in central modem. So the response time for SCADA is really fast.