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Electrical Supply Board

Case Study - Utilities Vertical
CASE STUDY - ESB IRELAND
Automatic Alarm Handling in Hydro Power Plants

ALARM HANDLING IN HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS

The Irish Electricity Supply Board (ESB) employs over 7000 people and is the SOLUTION FEATURES
primary supplier of electricity to the Republic of Ireland. ESB provides 4,000 MWatts
of electrical power to 1.8 million customers. The organization maintains a mixed
 Two interfaces monitor output
portfolio of generation facilities using both renewable and fossil fuels. alarms from the BMS and Man
Down system.
As part of its commitment to continual improvement, ESB recently upgraded its
legacy two-way radio system to a MOTOTRBO IP Site Connect system. This system  PBX integration with MOTOTRBO
has enabled ESB to link PBX and radio communications, technical alarm outputs subscribers and talkgroups for in-
and man down emergency alarm systems from a group of Hydro electric power stant voice dispatch.
plants.  Engineers can call the control room
desk phone using a MOTOTRBO
To facilitate the delivery of this solution, ESB employed EMR, a leading system radio.
integrator and MOTOROLA partner. EMR took on the challenge and designed the
system using MOTOTRBO IP Site Connect, a MOTOTRBO PBX exchange interface  Emergency man down alarms are
immediately dispatched to safety
from TELDIO and alarm monitoring system from ZONITH.
officer radios.

“We can talk to each other and receive critical alarm texts from any location  Engineers receive technical alarm
across both power generating sites” - Mick Murphy, Operations Manager information on their MOTOTRBO
radio display.
The solution links the existing PBX telephone system to MOTOTRBO radios. This
 Once an alarm is accepted employ-
enables anyone the ability to directly contact any employee located at any site from ees can remotely close the alarm
virtually anywhere by using a mobile phone, desk phone, and MOTOTRBO radio. using their radio.

The ZONITH Alarm Control System (ACS) interprets alarms from a Honeywell  All alarm details are logged and
Building Management System (BMS) and an ASCOM Man Down paging system. All reported
alarms are automatically dispatched to more than 30 MOTOTRBO radios across
both power plant sites.

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 THE SOLUTION
A MOTOTRBO IP Site Connect system links the Cathleen Falls Hydro-electric Power Plant in
Ballyshannon Donegal to its neighbouring Clady Power Plant. MOTOTRBO radios can instantly
communicate between both plants. The MOTOTRBO repeater at Cathleen Falls connects directly with
ESB’s PBX using a Teldio Radio Branch Exchange (RBX).
This enabled ESB to discontinue the use of their mobile handhelds by shifting telephone and messaging
capabilities to their radio network without paying recurring fees. Staff without radios can now use any
phone to initiate a private call with an individual radio or dial into radio talkgroups to participate instantly in
daily routines or urgent tasks. This also provides radio users the freedom to roam anywhere within the
radio network and to continue to initiate phone calls just as they once did with their mobiles telephones.
The ZONITH ACS monitors and interprets technical and business critical alarms from a Honeywell Building
Management System monitoring both Power Plants. If an alarm is raised at either site the ZONITH ACS
immediately dispatches the alarm details in text format to the radio of the ESB representative responsible
for alarm handling.
In addition, the ZONITH ACS is configured to monitor safety and emergency alarms that are initiated from
an existing ASCOM Lone Worker and Man Down paging system. The system triggers an alarm if a user at
either site manually activates an alarm, fails to move over a period of time, or falls down. All alarms are
immediately dispatched by ZONITH ACS directly to the security staff at either site depending on their
competencies.

THE SOLUTION FROM TELDIO

AND ZONITH COMBINES VOICE
COMMUNICATION WITH ALARM
HANDLING IN ONE RADIO.

THE SOLUTION THE BENEFITS

THE NEED
Link voice and alarm
data communications
across multiple sites.
MOTOTRBO IP Site Connect links
radio calls across both sites. A
TELDIO Radio Branch Exchange
links PBX calls to MOTOTRBO
radios. The ZONITH ACS monitors
and automatically dispatches
technical and emergency alarms
from a Honeywell BMS and
ASCOM Man Down Pager system.
 ZONITH and TELDIO applications share
hardware resources.
 A single platform provides interoperable
voice and data.
 Radios at multiple sites receive calls and
alarms.
 Customer reduces operational costs and
increases worker safety and efficiency

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