2020 at Quasar

Wow what a year... We can't do a write up of 2020 without talking about the impact COVID-19 has had across the world. We appreciate how fortunate we are to live in New Zealand and to be able to continue our lives with minimal disruption. We were also fortunate that during New Zealand’s lockdown, our team was able to continue working, albeit from home, as much of our work is done remotely.

Despite the challenges of 2020, we had a number of interesting projects to work on across various sectors as well as several exciting product releases. We’re pleased to also now have a senior industrial programmer on the team which will allow us to enhance our existing range of innovations as well as develop some exciting new solutions for our clients.

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Our Growing Team

We welcomed three new staff to our team in 2020.

Leanne Chapman
Finance and Operations Manager

Olivier Casalta
Project Engineer

Andrea Baldin
Industrial Programmer

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Product Updates

Portable Metering
We are pleased to introduce Quasar Portable Metering to our range of solutions. Our portable meters are an extremely accurate and cost-effective solution for facilities needing the quick collection of data to assist in decision making. They contain an ION9000T power meter which measures and logs power quality events including transients, harmonics, flicker and sag/swell as well as energy data.

The hire of one of our portable meters also includes a login to Power Monitoring Expert (PME) software. Data from the portable meter is sent to PME and we will provide a guidance session on how to access and interpret data. Once your hire period is finished, you will again be able to meet with our team to discuss the data collected and any issues that were uncovered.

Secure ICCP
Survalent’s substation automation system StationCentral, is a cost-effective and simple-to-install solution for adding Secure ICCP functionality. StationCentral provides a resilient data acquisition engine, information aggregation and processing, and an HMI for utility operations at the substation level. StationCentral can be installed on any SCADA system or as a stand-alone system.

Quasar Control Utility
A new version of Quasar Control load management software is soon to be released that will include new utility functionality for integration with GE ADMS. Quasar Control Utility is our load control solution that is specifically designed for networks to manage their peak loads.  It is powerful enough to manage even the largest network, whilst being agile enough to be used to manage single substations.

Power Advisor
In 2021, we will introduce Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure Power Advisor as an offer for our clients. Power Advisor uses advanced algorithms to analyse the data from your Power Monitoring Expert system to identify gaps or issues in your power management system as well as power quality issues within your larger electrical distribution system.

Power Advisor provides bi-annual diagnostic reports that include details of any issues found, prioritised by severity and provides recommendations on how to correct these gaps or issues.

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Our 2020 in Images

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Happy Holidays

This year, our office officially closes for the Christmas break at 4pm on Tuesday 22nd December and we reopen at 830am on Monday 11th January. 

Emails to [email protected] will continue to be monitored during this time and we will respond when possible. Our support contract clients can continue to contact us on (03) 343 9159 or [email protected].

We hope you have a safe and Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year, and we look forward to working with you again in 2021.

Kind regards,
The Quasar Team