Servato, a provider of energy management solutions, recently announced the latest solution in its Smart Power System solutions suite, which offers the latest in remote battery management. The SPS-Rtm is a unified rectifier power and battery management solution. It integrates Servato’s SPS-248 battery management system with GE’s Rectifier Modules.
Servato is taking remote power management to the next level to offer the combined value of battery management systems with a highly power efficient rectifier solution from GE. The SPS-R is the most economical way for fixed and wireless carriers to buy the rectifier they need with remote battery management as added value. Servato believes this solution will allow customers to more easily and economically upgrade backup power management infrastructure that is continuing to decay as it is neglected and not improved.
“We believe this is the next evolution in smart rectifiers,” said Chris Mangum, CEO, Servato. “Our battery management solutions have always been IoT-enabled, giving carriers the ability to monitor and maintain systems remotely to save on costly manual intervention. Now, we are doing it for both back-up power, battery management, and rectifier solutions. This is the future now and demonstrates how two important components of a carriers’ power infrastructure have been combined to offer unprecedented value.”
According to Mangum, the feedback from early customer testing is that this next generation smart rectifier will quicken adoption of power management and maintenance because it is built into the rectifier that is necessary for system power. It becomes an easy decision for operators as they replace rectifiers.
“Companies trialing the SPS-R are telling us that this makes the decision to upgrade to remote power management easier because it is built into the rectifier shelf which they have to replace every 5-7 years,” he said. “We feel this will accelerate adoption and greater acceptance in the market.”