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27Mar, 2024Use Case Resources
Advanced Interconnectivity Solutions for Canadian OPS Centres
We will be sponsoring the Canadian Institute’s Police Tech Conference April 30-May 1st.
Connect with Richard Cooper and Charlie Jamieson for demos and join us for the cocktail reception.
Public Safety Command & Control solutions from Thinklogical provides 911 & 211 call centers, emergency operations centers (EOC), and public safety answering points (PSAP) with next-generation features and capabilities, enabling real-time collaboration and information sharing, enhanced situational awareness, and faster, better-informed responses. Thinklogical provides instant access to multiple PCs, servers and applications with no added video latency and immediate control system responsiveness, allowing users to make mission-critical decisions in seconds rather than minutes.
Features and Benefits
- Immediate, real-time access to multiple applications, computers and video sources from a single keyboard and mouse
- Share information and collaborate with a single keystroke
- Enables instant situational awareness and faster response times
- Seamless and instant screen and application selection by just moving the mouse from screen to screen. Provides intuitive access to multiple independent computer sources without manual switching or interrupting workflow
- Low video latency and smooth control surface performance reduces operator fatigue, stress and errors
- Allows PCs and servers to be back-racked for ease of maintenance and less foot traffic in operations center
- Reduces workstation IT clutter, noise and heat and increases cyber security by replacing vulnerable USB ports, hard drives, and network cables
- Reliable, redundant and resilient system architecture for maximum uptime in mission-critical, 24/7 applications
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20Apr, 2022Use Case Resources
Nuclear Power Digital Control Room Resources
INNOVATIONS IN NUCLEAR POWER:
THE DIGITAL MODERNIZATION OF CONTROL ROOMSA recent study from Idaho National Labs (INL) conducted as part of the Light Water Reactor Sustainability (LWRS) Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), identifies practices and principles to support nuclear power plant Digital Instrumentation & Controls (DI&C) modernizations.
One practice proposed was the use of a safety-qualified switching architecture, based on Keyboard-Video-Mouse (KVM) components, referred to as a Display-Keyboard-Trackball (DKT) architecture. The DKT architecture envisioned by the DOE research provides for a flexible Human System Interface (HSI) solution for the Main Control Room (MCR) that achieves the benefits of:
- simplification of the control room layout
- improvement of the Human System Interface (HSI)
- cost reduction from fewer displays
- consolidation of operator functions
Thinklogical’s highly-secure signal management products help address NERC-CIP cyber requirements, resulting in better data security, reduced costs and increased productivity.
DIGITAL CONTROL ROOM RESOURCES
Thinklogical products support the DOE advanced control room and digital modernization recommendations with DKT technology that enable HSI improvements and reduce operational costs. Click on any of the resources below to download:
- Secure DKT Solutions for Nuclear Control Room Digital Modernization and Advanced Reactors Datasheet
- Nuclear Control Room Digital Modernization White Paper
- Example DKT Digital Control Room System Diagram
- Potential Use of Thinklogical’s KVM Technology in Safety Applications – Paper (2021 NPIC & HMIT Conference)
- Potential Use of Thinklogical’s KVM Technology in Safety Applications – Presentation (2021 NPIC & HMIT Conference)
- Vendor-Independent Requirements for a Boiling Water Reactor Safety System Upgrade – Paper (2020 – DKT Excerpt)
- Vendor-Independent Requirements for a Boiling Water Reactor Safety System Upgrade – Paper (2020 – Full Paper)
- Experience with Group-View, Wall Panel Displays Outside the Nuclear Industry – Paper (2019 NPIC & HMIT Conference)
- Experience with Group-View, Wall Panel Displays Outside the Nuclear Industry – Presentation (2019 NPIC & HMIT Conference)
- Expanded Keyboard-Video-Mouse (KVM) Technology
- Expanded Keyboard-Video-Mouse (KVM) Technology Implementation for Advanced Reactors – Presentation (2018 Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference)
- Human System Interface Improvements using Advanced Keyboard-Video-Mouse (KVM) Technology – Paper (2018 ANS Annual Meeting)
- Human System Interface Improvements using Advanced Keyboard-Video-Mouse (KVM) Technology – Presentation (2018 ANS Annual Meeting)
Thinklogical manufactures secure and resilient video distribution and KVM extension and switching systems used in nuclear control room applications. Thinklogical products support the DOE advanced control room and digital modernization recommendations with DKT technology that enable HSI improvements and reduce operational costs.
An ISO 9001:2015 certified company, Thinklogical products are made in the U.S.A.
Thinklogical is a proud member of the American Nuclear Society and is dedicated to advancing nuclear science and technology for humanity’s benefit.