Frog Leaps into the New Year

FROG is Isodaq Technology`s new IP68 GPRS telemetry logger. Requiring no secondary enclosure, it`s easy to install inside 100mm tubes or strapped onto poles or piezometers. FROG is the ideal low cost outstation for generating alarms for heavy rainfall, river or urban flooding, water distribution bursts, pollution and landfill leachate control.

Isodaq Technology is the Products Division of Hydro-Logic Ltd. With an excellent track record of developing state-of-the-art telemetry monitoring solutions, Isodaq provides the technology behind IETG`s market-leading Hawkeye2 CSO level alarm monitor with nearly 3000 installations in water companies throughout the UK. Long-term framework supply contracts are also held with environmental regulators such as the Environment Agency, where Isodaq products are used for groundwater and river monitoring applications including flood warning.

The new FROG telemetry logger will be the first of the Isodaq range to fully implement GPRS communications protocols in a battery-powered device. There is a choice of either internal alkaline or long-life lithium batteries, which are both field replaceable, plus charging capability from renewable energy. Input configurations are provided for flow meters, tipping-bucket rain-gauges, analogue pressure sensors and multi-channel smart-sensors supporting the SDI-12 protocol.

Coinciding with the launch of FROG, Isodaq will be releasing a GPRS compatible version of the timeview.net data hosting website. This will enable data to be collected from small or large networks of Isodaq telemetry loggers automatically using GPRS protocols without the need for clients to maintain IT/communications infrastructure for telemetry. With the new version of timeview, users will also be able to manage alarms and SMS/email message forwarding and to change the set-up of a remote outstation without visiting the site. This greatly reduces costs and simplifies the operation and maintenance of telemetry networks.