Engineers at the U.S. Navy`s Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii,, needed a flexible digital communications system that would not lock up at critical moments. So they chose the Compunetix CONTEX Model 2000T range communication system from Compunetix Inc. in Monroeville, Pa.
"We`ve had no problems at all with the ContexT2000," says Bill Whitney, communications engineer at the Pacific Missile Range. The previous analog system had a problem inherent in its design that caused it to lock up, he says.
The Compunetix device`s digital switch is fast and flexible and streamlines the Pacific Missile Range`s different configurations, notes Whitney. "It has expanded capability beyond what we`ll ever need."
CONTEX 2000T provides conferencing for as many as 2,448 ports, with built-in redundancy to assure no loss of service due to the failure of any component. Redundancy features include a triple-redundant controller, redundant path routing, and modular redundancy.
CONTEX systems also have built-in self test, hot-swap capability, comprehensive documentation, theory of operations, alarm descriptions, and remote diagnostics procedures. - J.M.
For more information on CONTEX and Compunetix, contact Michael Hockenberry by phone at 800-79-4266, by fax at 412-373-2720, by mail at Compunetix Inc., 2000 Eldo Road, Monroeville, Pa., 15146, by e-mail at mhockenberry@compunetix. com, or on the World Wide Web at http://www.compunetix.com.
