2021 has been a wonderful year for our team. We’ve been fortunate to stay busy throughout the year with several exciting projects for new and existing clients being started as well as major updates of two of our own products – Quasar Control Utility and Rapid Capture & Control.
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We are also excited to have added new products to our range as we continue to build upon our goal of supporting our clients in analyzing and mitigating their power quality issues.

This year, our office officially closes for the Christmas break at midday on Wednesday 22nd December and we reopen on Monday 10th January. 
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Emails to sales@quasar.co.nz 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 support@quasar.co.nz.

Thank you for your support this year.

We hope you have a safe and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Regards, 
The Quasar team

Earlier in the year, our team went to Paint N Sip and spent an amazing afternoon creating a beautiful mural that is now hanging in our board room. We had a lot of fun doing this and would highly recommend it to anyone – artistic abilities are not required!  
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We’ve also had a number of fun team challenges, birthday lunches and training days this year – find us on LinkedIn and Facebook for more photos of these. 

​EV chargers are the latest addition to our range of solutions, as we add new products to help businesses get a complete and accurate picture of their energy usage. 

We have two EVlink chargers available – Smart Wallbox and Parking.

These are suitable for a variety of locations, from smaller corporate fleets through to commercial fleets and other places where a large number of electric vehicles need charging.

Both EVlink Smart Wallbox and Parking allow you to:

• Authorise and manage users
• Perform remote maintenance
• Allocate costs to users
• Generate reports and billing

 
Both models have a number of energy management features including delayed charging, current limitation and adjustable charging power.
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In addition, the Parking model offers automatic load balancing between sockets on a dual charging station and load shedding.

Produce the data you need for regulatory reporting after an event with Rapid Capture & Control, now available in two versions and with new features.

We’re excited to announce the release of the Quasar Portable Meter.
 
When you need to quickly collect data for decision making or to find power quality issues, a portable meter is a cost-effective solution.
 
Our portable meters gather power and energy data including high-speed transients that are often hard to capture and provide you with real-time data from your system.

2019 has once again been a busy year for the Quasar team. We’ve undertaken projects for clients across New Zealand and Australia and we have enjoyed creating customised systems for a variety of clients across diverse sectors such as manufacturing, accommodation, electricity and retail. We were also delighted to receive a Schneider Electric EcoXpert Technical Innovation Award, for our Rapid Capture and Control (RCC) application.

Survalent Technology, a leader in ADMS for utilities, is pleased to announce that it will work with Thales, a leading provider of Aerospace, Transportation, Defence and Security technology, to jointly develop enhanced solutions.
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Survalent will develop and integrate new functionality and enhancements to the Survalent ONETM ADMS platform, and its SCADA, Outage Management System (OMS) and Distribution Management System components, based on Thales’s technology. The development investment will advance Survalent’s strategy to help utilities modernize the grid and prepare for a distributed energy resources future. The Survalent ONETM product line will incorporate Thales’s critical information and cyber-security solutions to protect and to increase the resilience of critical information systems for utilities. Thales’s unique Big Data platform and multi-touch display technology is being integrated to the ADMS solution, to aid utility decision making and collaboration in the control room and field. Access to Big Data analytics will enable utility staff to analyze real-time social media data and to gain insight and awareness at the community level. Proven real-time collaboration and display technology will support control room decision making and increase shared situational awareness, during outages and crisis events.

Survalent Technology have re-branded their Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) as Survalent One. Survalent One is the new name for Survalents SCADA, Outage Management System and Distribution Management System operating though the reliable and easy to use interface - SmartVU.

To see a great example of a recent commissioning of Survalent ONE with La Plata Electric in Colorado, click here.

iS5 Communications unveils its secure gateway networking products, to its current fortified portfolio offering of IEC 61850 and IEEE 1613 switches. These new products help enable critical infrastructure businesses to optimize their network environment  efficiently and more securely wherever they need data protection and control. 

The new entry-level iSG4F Secure Gateway is a secure gateway for Ethernet, IP and Serial services while the new iSG18GFP Secure Gateway is an advanced full feature combination gateway platform, tailored to deliver flexibility and efficiency by offering Copper, Ethernet, Optical, Serial and Cellular physical ports. 

For product availability and support, contact Quasar today.